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).
Modification to the Goshawk 11 carburettor controls and a spherical fitting.
| Identifier | WestWitteringFiles\L\July1924-September1924\ Scan118 | |
| Date | 7th July 1924 | |
| TO BY FROM DA{Bernard Day - Chassis Design}/EV.{Ivan Evernden - coachwork} DA{Bernard Day - Chassis Design}/EV{Ivan Evernden - coachwork}2/M7.7.24. Copy to HS.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} X3730 X4239 X4228 GOSHAWK 11. MODIFIED CARBURETTER CONTROLS. We send herewith N.scheme 1820., shewing a spherical fitting for both ends of the carburetter controls on the instrument board. We were surprised when examining some standard Goshawks at coachbuilders, to find that the sphere on the dashboard is fixed to the mixture control tube. We had intended that it should slide, and what pumping there is should take place here. This would account for the control being in some cases pushed off the instrument board. In this modified scheme, (one of which we would like you to make as soon as possible and send to Messrs Barker's to be fitted to the 20.HP. landaulette on our special underframe) the sphere on the instrument board locates the mechanism, and the one on the dashboard pumps. Messrs Barker's will return to you the control supplied with the chassis. DA{Bernard Day - Chassis Design}/EV.{Ivan Evernden - coachwork} [STAMP: RECEIVED 9 JUL 1924] | ||