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).
Telephone conversation regarding the design and production status of 20/25 HP exhaust manifolds.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 179\1\ img070 | |
| Date | 6th November 1931 | |
| c. E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} Dept c. Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} c. NHC. c. BY/Oph e.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} BY/Job BY.7/G.6.11.31. W5230. TELEPHONE CONVERSATION WITH WEST WITTERINGHenry Royce's home town - 6.11.31. 20/25 HP. EXHAUST MANIFOLDS. E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} was asking us how far we had progressed with the design which had been submitted for detailing to LeC.2897, showing sliding glands on the exhaust manifold with a non-expanding bar of material along the back of the manifold to ensure balance conditions being produced on the engine. We explained the position was that we had completed and issued the whole of the details for this scheme on Novr. 3rd., and that drawings were in the Pattern Shop, being under consideration at the moment. E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} pointed out the extreme urgency of this matter from their point of view and asked me to see that the Works were going slow on the production type of manifold. We have therefore written the Works asking them to only meet their actual requirements with the production type. E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} confirmed that they were just finishing off the P.ll single carburetter design in its reconsidered form, and that he would like us in the near future as soon as they were satisfied with WW. work, to go ahead and produce the Japan lll design of this type which we promised to do quickly immediately WW. put us in the position to do so. BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} | ||