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 instructions for an ignition distributor on an 18-GIV chassis before a 10,000-mile test.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 61b\2\ scan0141 | |
| Date | 23th October 1931 | |
| XC6120 RHC.{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} from Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Wst. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Wst.1/AD23.10.31. IGNITION DISTRIBUTOR ON 18-GIV. This unit should be modified before the chassis leaves for 10,000 mile test with the two additional experimental features recently instructed by Ry/RD, namely, lubricated pivot for contact breaker lever abd bush in the tower to avoid wear on the advance and retard movement. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Wst. | ||