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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).
Directive outlining modifications for the S.S. Chassis, specifically for the connecting rod and crankshaft.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 14\2\  Scan018
Date  9th November 1928
  
E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} Dept.
c. Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}
C. R.H.C.
X7010
BY1/G.9.11.28.

S.S. CHASSIS.
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X7030

For the eight sets which we are instructing, Experimental Department recommend the following modifications :-

1/- CONNECTING ROD.
The present standard type connecting rod, H.{Arthur M. Hanbury - Head Complaints} Section, with oil pipe on same.

2/- CRANKSHAFT.
The crankshaft must have the present standard system of oiling with caps on pins, and not the tube carrying the oil inside the main journal to the crankpins.

BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer}

[Handwritten Signature: By]

[Faint Vertical Stamp: RECEIVED 2-DEC 1928 LTD]
  
  


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