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).
The replacement of standard 20/25 headlamps on chassis 1.B.IV with new X166 headlamps, and the potential reuse of the old parts.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 61a\2\ scan0155 | |
| Date | 30th September 1933 | |
| 86116 Hn.{F. C. Honeyman - Retail orders} From Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Wst. c. to JLE.{J. Lee Evans - Chassis Test Manager} Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Wst.2/MA.30.9.33. We have a pair of standard 20/25 headlamps removed from chassis 1.B.IV. If we have these reconditioned 100% can you use the same up on production chassis in order that we can be credited with their value. We have fitted to 1.B.IV. a new pair of the X166 headlamps. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Wst. | ||