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).
Specification for a 6-B-IV exhaust system for a 10,000 miles test in France.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 83\1\ scan0040 | |
| Date | 13th September 1935 | |
| L200a To RHC{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer}, c. to Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Std. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Wym.{G. Harold Whyman - Experimental Manager}24/KW.13.9.35. Specification for 6-B-IV Exhaust System. Herewith specification of the exhaust system to be fitted to 6-B-IV chassis for the next 10,000 miles test in France :- (a) Standard front expansion box and downtake pipe. (b) Front intermediate pipe EB.1503 to be made in 16 SWG. material. (c) Front silencer to standard design but using 16 SWG material for silencer shell EB.421 and sleeve EB.1504, the two ends EB.778 to remain 14 SWG material. (d) Rear intermediate pipe EB.978 to be made in 16 SWG material. (e) Rear silencer to standard design but using 16 SWG material for silencer shell EB.884 and pipes EB.877 and EB.881 - the two ends EB.779 to remain 14 SWG. material. (f) Tail pipe EB.1086 to be made in 16 SWG. material. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/G.H.Whyman. | ||