Log of instructions and specifications for Aluminium Zephyr Pistons for a standard car.
| Identifier | Morton\M11\ img022 | |
| Date | 16th October 1917 | |
| X.2369 - ALUMINIUM ZEPHYR PISTONS FOR STANDARD CAR. X.2369A - Pistons E.10915 with 6 Upper Rings and 1 Scraper Ring with no skirt below bottom Ring. Rings 4 & 6 Pinned. (to super sheet E10937) X.2369B - Piston E.11640 with 6 Upper Rings and 1 Scraper Ring and with skirt below bottom Ring. Rings 4 & 6 Pinned. (to 2nd column of super sheet E10937) E. {Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} to By. {R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} to inst. piston with no skirt, below scraperring to LeC.602. E1/W19716. By. {R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} to C.O. to inst. piston E.10915 (1set experimental and 1 set for Commander Briggs' car). By {R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} /2/G7816. EFC. {E. Fowler Clarke - Electrical Engineer} to Works 10 PCs. for 14 complete pistons E.10915 EFC {E. Fowler Clarke - Electrical Engineer} 5/DB {Donald Bastow - Suspensions} 21816. EFC. {E. Fowler Clarke - Electrical Engineer} to Works increasing number off from 14 to 20 pistons E.10915. EFC {E. Fowler Clarke - Electrical Engineer} 2/DB {Donald Bastow - Suspensions} 28816. R. {Sir Henry Royce} to By. {R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} C.O. Works Urging above. By {R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} /ST5/DB {Donald Bastow - Suspensions} 2916. E. {Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} to By. {R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} to inst. similar piston, but with skirt below scraper ring, and to pin Rings 4 & 6 instead of 5 & 6. E2/W21016. By. {R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} to C.O. Works to fit one set of pistons E.10915 to 7CA. By {R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} /ST4/DB {Donald Bastow - Suspensions} 161017 EFC. {E. Fowler Clarke - Electrical Engineer} to Works instructing alteration 1230 E. {Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} for pinning rings 4 & 6. EFC {E. Fowler Clarke - Electrical Engineer} 3/MP201016. By. {R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} to C.O. to inst. E.11640 with skirt below bottom ring. One set for 7CA. One set in reserve. By {R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} /St7/DB {Donald Bastow - Suspensions} 231016. EFC. {E. Fowler Clarke - Electrical Engineer} to Works 11 PCs. for 12 complete pistons E.11640. EFC {E. Fowler Clarke - Electrical Engineer} 3/MP151016. (upside down text at bottom) R.R. 236 v (400 T) (S.C. 536. 15-2-16) G. {Mr Griffiths - Chief Accountant / Mr Gnapp} 1546. | ||
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).