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).
Letter to Solex Carburetter Co. Ltd. requesting particulars of horizontal type carburetters.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 121\2\ scan0142 | |
| Date | 25th July 1931 | |
| J3603. Expl. Dept. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}2/MJ. July 25th.1931. The Solex Carburetter Co. Ltd., 223-231 Marylebone Rd., LONDON.N.W.1. Dear Sirs, Will you please let us have particulars of any horizontal type carburetters in your standard list having the throttle diameter in the neighbourhood of 1 1/8", the carburetter to be suitable for an engine of 3 1/2 Litres displacement giving a max. of 90 BHP. at 3700 R.P.M. Yours faithfully, For Rolls-Royce Ltd. | ||