Cablegram from Claude Johnson detailing decisions on the starter motor, petrol tank, dynamo, and magneto for the Springfield chassis.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 154\3\ scan0101 | |
| Date | 6th August 1920 | |
| X.3687 X.3614. COPY OF CABLEGRAM. X.3740. X.3887. X.3878. X.295. X.4169. X.3702. X.3916. X.2375. 6th Aug. 1920. Rolls-Royce Springfield Mass. THIRTYONE FIRSTLY STARTER MOTOR PETROL TANK DYNAMO AND MAGNETO STOP AND FOLLOWING DECISION ARRIVED AT IN CONFERENCE WITH CJ AND R AND PRINCIPAL TECHNICAL OFFIC) IALS STOP SECONDLY STARTER MOTOR AND GEAR MUST BE THOSE WHICH WILL BE IN USE AT DERBY AT THE TIME SPRINGFIELD CHASSIS WILL BE DELIVERED STOP NOTHING HAS BEEN RECEIVED HERE FROM AMERICA WHICH IS CONSIDER ED {J. L. Edwards} TO BE SUFFICIENTLY GOOD STOP THIRDLY PETROL TANK MODIFICATIONS TO PETROL TANK EMBODYING ALL AMERICAN REQUIREMENTS NOW IN EXPERIMENTAL DEPARTMENT STOP WHEN DETAILS FINISHED WILL EXAMINE PARTS AND THEN FORWARD DETAIL DRAWINGS WHICH WILL BE READY AWAITING THIS DECISION STOP FOURTHLYN DYNAMO MUST BE SMITH WITH SMITH CUTOUT BUT ROLLS ROYCE SWITCHBOARD AND JUNCTION BOX STOP THIS DYNAMO HAS PROVED ITSELF BETTER THAN ANY OTHER OVER EXTENDED TESTS AND WILL BE STANDARDISED AT ONCE FIFTHLY AMERICAN BOSCH MAGNETO CONSIDERED TO COMPARE FAVOURABLY IN FINISH WITH WATFORD AND EXPERIMENTS POINT TO LIKELIHOOD OF ADOPTING SAME FOR AMERICA BUT MUST AWAIT FINAL DECISION BEFORE ORDERING STOP. CLAUDE JOHNSON. | ||
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).