Fitting a cylinder block with chromium-plated bores and requesting a summary on piston seizing.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 159\5\ scan0116 | |
| Date | 29th December 1940 | |
| Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /CTS. {C. Trot Salt - Carburation} from Rm. {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} c. Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /Wym. {G. Harold Whyman - Experimental Manager} Instructions to shop 1373 Rm. {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} 1/ML.29.12.40. S.B.V. We should like to fit to this car a cylinder block having three of the bores short chromium plated. We should also like a brief summary of the information which exists with regard to pistons seizing on the 25/30 and the recommendations that were made to prevent the trouble occuring. Rm. {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ||
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).