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).
The status of a starter motor with self-lubricated bearings and Smith instruments.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 63\4\ scan0051 | |
| Date | 26th October 1932 guessed | |
| -2- Starter Motor with Self Lubricated Bearings. This has been built up and we have tested the same satisfactorily HPS{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} has seen the bearings. The motor is now in the hands of T.T. for re-assembly with a new armature and will then require fitting to the car with the existing Bijur lubricating pipes blanked off. Smith Instruments on New RR. Patch. We undertsand you have all the parts for this with the exception of the instruments which we are expecting any moment according to the makers promise. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Wst. | ||