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 fit higher speed fan pulleys to vehicles 33-EX and 35-EX by swapping parts from other units.
Identifier | ExFiles\Box 94\3\ scan0075 | |
Date | 13th August 1936 | |
To RHC.{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} X340 Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Std.5/JH.13.8.36. on (1) 33-EX - at present in the shop. (2) 35-EX for France. We wish to run the higher speed fan pulleys (1) Will you please remove the fan driving pulley away from No16 unit (stripped in the shop) and fit same to 33-EX, together with a standard type fan fitted with the high speed driven pulley, such a fan can be obtained by fitting a high speed driven pulley to 33-EX's own fan. (2) Will you please remove the fan complete and fan driving pulley from No.8 unit in the shop and fit same to No.9 unit when it is rebuilt for France, these are the higher speed pulleys required. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Std. | ||