From the Rolls-Royce experimental archive: a quarter of a million communications from Rolls-Royce, 1906 to 1960's. Documents from the Sir Henry Royce Memorial Foundation (SHRMF).
Seized piston from a 3.5-litre engine, chassis B.2.CW, returned by Laystall Engineering.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 100\3\ scan0126 | |
| Date | 7th December 1938 | |
| K/W. BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} c to Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/GWH.{George W. Hancock - Head Chateauroux} PK/KC/DPB/7.12.38. re: 3½-litre Chassis No.B.2.CW. ============== We are returning to you under cover of our advice note No.5623 a piston which has been returned to us by Messrs.Laystall Engineering Co.,Ltd., having suffered a bad seizure. I attach a copy of their letter together with a copy of our reply. Would you please let me have your report in due course. Incidentally, Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/GWH{George W. Hancock - Head Chateauroux} has examined this piston and is of the opinion that insufficient skirt clearance has possibly contributed largely to this failure. PK/KC. | ||