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 dismantle a Humber Snipe car for detailed component analysis.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 126\2\ scan0117 | |
| Date | 26th May 1939 | |
| 1069. To HPS.{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} c. to By/Ald.{F. Allwood - Experimental Design} c. All Testers. c. to Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Hlm. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Gry.{Shadwell Grylls}8/JH.26.5.39. Humber Snipe. Will you please take this car to pieces. The following information is required. Will By/Ald.{F. Allwood - Experimental Design} please compile this as has been done with the other "foreign" cars. (1) Gearbox. - Shaft centres and gear DP and widths. (2) Rear Axle - Crown wheel Dia. and hypoid. (3) Frame. - Weight stiffness and photograph. (4) Front Suspension. - Drawing of yoke. (5) Brakes. - Weight of brake drums, pedal ratio and sizes of Lockheed cylinders. (6) Engine. - Drawings of waterways in cylinder head and port arrangement, timing gear drive, petrol pump drive, crank damper, crank oil retaining device both ends, air silencer, con. rod, flywheel. (7) Electrical - Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/RC.{R. Childs} to get particulars of dynamo etc. We also want the weight of each assembly and should any prove unusually light we shall require a weight analysis of that unit. This must obviously be done before the engine, gearbox etc. are dismantled. A photograph is required showing the pedal arrangement and engine tie rod. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Gry.{Shadwell Grylls} | ||