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 manufacture a rod to connect the rear servo scissor lever to the Marston cylinder.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 90\5\ scan0175 | |
| Date | 7th July 1938 | |
| To HPS.{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} FROM Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/JBD.{John B. Dixon - Fuel Systems} 264 Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/JBD.{John B. Dixon - Fuel Systems}2/MH.{M. Huckerby}7.7.38. B.56.BN.{W.O. Bentley / Mr Barrington} Will you please make a rod to connect the rear servo scissor lever to the lever operating the Marston cylinder on the above car. The rod to be 16.5" between the centres of the eyes threaded 5/16" dia. at each end, and a length as shown in the attached sketch to be 3/8" dia. and threaded to take two 3/8" lock nuts. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/JBD.{John B. Dixon - Fuel Systems} | ||