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).
Requesting the replacement of the induction system on car 7.B.V.
Identifier | ExFiles\Box 99\1\ scan0005 | |
Date | 30th March 1938 | |
γ 408, To HPS.{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} from Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/CTS.{C. Trot Salt - Carburation} Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/CTS.{C. Trot Salt - Carburation}7/MH.{M. Huckerby}30.3.38. 7.B.V. While this car is in the shop, will you please remove the induction system, and replace it with one to be supplied from the test bed engine. The newcarburetters are full automatic, having no mixture controls. A thermostat will by supplied, which is to be fitted by rubber connections in the bye-pass pipe which runs from the engine thermostat to the water inlet. For further particulars see Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/CTS.{C. Trot Salt - Carburation} Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/CTS.{C. Trot Salt - Carburation} | ||