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 manual starting procedure to avoid backfire and the ultimate solution of fitting a self-starter.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 61b\3\ scan0082 | |
| Date | 20th August 1920 | |
| Contd. -2- R4/G20.8.20. There is one satisfaction, however, that in all R.R. cars so far turned out, it is possible to prime them and turn them round without the ignition current being switched on, and afterwards startm them on theswitch. So that if an owner orchauffeur will take the trouble they can, with our cars, avoid risk of backfire, but naturally one does not take this care, and the only solution of avoiding the risk is to fit a self starter. R.{Sir Henry Royce} | ||