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).
Request to obtain two 662W type distributors from Messrs. Delco-Remy & Hyatt Ltd for an 8-cylinder engine.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 168\3\ img050 | |
| Date | 28th December 1938 | |
| COPY To Roy{Sir Henry Royce}/Ms. c. to G/JWH. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/RC{R. Childs}:5/JH.28.12.38. Will you please obtain from Messrs. Delco-Remy & Hyatt Ltd. two 662W type distributors suitable for 8 cylinder firing, direction of rotation to be clockwise, looking on the rotor. Delco-Remy have already supplied one such distributor for experimental use, as per our order of the 11.10.38. O/N.52478. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/RC.{R. Childs} | ||