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).
Request to obtain an Austin 7 or Riley 9 starter motor for experimental adaptation to an epicyclic gear change.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 61b\3\ scan0240 | |
| Date | 21th May 1931 | |
| HS.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} FROM DA.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design} X8013 86027. DA{Bernard Day - Chassis Design}3/M21.5.31. Could you obtain an Austin 7. starter motor and send it down to us for our inspection, or as this is a 6V. machine and might not be suitable for actual use, if you know of another small starter motor such as the Riley 9., which is 12 V.{VIENNA} perhaps you could obtain that. The intention is to adapt it experimentally to the gear change of the epicyclic. DA.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design} | ||