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).
Redesign of the centralised chassis lubrication system from Bowen to Bijur and sourcing appropriate parts.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 26\5\ Scan073 | |
| Date | 29th August 1927 | |
| X3806 BY/S.C. c.Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} BY5/H.{Arthur M. Hanbury - Head Complaints} 29.8.27. CENTRALISED CHASSIS LUBRICATION. With reference to the above scheme, we do not wish any misunderstanding to arise in this connection. We have not yet obtained the last set of details for the first design of this type from West WitteringHenry Royce's home town. Although it has been on the go some time, there has been no time lost in dealing with it, and the actual lapse of time is due to the fact that West WitteringHenry Royce's home town had started on one type of design namely, the Bowen, but after OY's visit, we went off the Bowen to the Bijur. This necessitated a re-design of the whole system. We have still to find a source of supply of the necessary plugs, in this Country. We do not propose to wait for these, however, and therefore the first experimental cars will have to be fitted up with American threads on the drip plugs and nuts or parts into which same screw. BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} | ||