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).
Fitting an ebonite-lined, acid-proof battery box to a 25/30 type car for testing.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 164\3\ img048 | |
| Date | 20th August 1937 | |
| 6021. To HPS.{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} c. to FD.{Frank Dodd - Bodies} Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/RC.{R. Childs}12/JH.20.8.37. Acid-proof coating of battery box. 'We have ready for fitting on a car, a 25/30 type battery box lined with ebonite as a protection against acid attack. As we are anxious to get this box on test as soon as possible will you please issue the necessary instructions for the fitting of this box to car 22.G.V at the first opportunity. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/RC.{R. Childs} | ||