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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).
KLG ignition plug that was removed from a Bentley due to misfiring when accelerating.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 162\5\  img095
Date  12th January 1939
  
To Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/RC.{R. Childs}.. from Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/GWH.{George W. Hancock - Head Chateauroux}
c.c.By. (struck through)
6001.
Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/GWH.{George W. Hancock - Head Chateauroux}11/N.12.1.39.

FLB.50X. - KLG. Ignition Plug.

I am sending you one of the above plugs which was fitted to G.H.Withey's Bentley - B.180.KT on the 21.6.38. The plug has run a mileage of 7,070 and has been taken out for misfire accelerating. The points show very little signs of burning.

Handwritten text:
let me have a report
Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} (signature)

Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/GWH.{George W. Hancock - Head Chateauroux}
  
  


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