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Extract detailing a list of experimental parts fitted to the 6.EX Car.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 183\M22\  img093
Date  28th June 1920
  
X 3582

Extract from Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} 6/LG28.6.20

X.3923. HE CAR 6. EX.

In reply to your telegram, we have arranged to arrive at West Wittering(Henry Royce's home town) about 10.30 A.M. on Thursday. The following is a list of Experimental parts fitted to 6.EX Car.

X.3350a. 10. Improved Slipper Drive for Starter N.323.
X.3986. 11. Jaw Clutch Drive for starter having 32 teeth in place of 6.
X.3554. 12. Short clutch Lever. N.1983.
X.3545. 13. Rear Axle - Gleason Bevels 15 x 52 - 3.47 to 1 ratio
X.3532. 14. Rear Axle Tube fitted with oil Baffles.
X.3791a. 15. Side Steering Tube with set-up springs N.325.
X.3889. 16. Petrol Tank with Side Filler N.500.
X.3660. 17. Main switch - 1" higher Dashboard. 4th Terminal - coil wound for series connection with Actuator Box - fixing nuts for cover N.298.

HS. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}
  
  
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).


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