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).
Internal discussion regarding the arrangement to unofficially test a new, larger radiator in India to address potential overheating issues.
| Identifier | Morton\M5\ img043 | |
| Date | 1st December 1921 | |
| contd. -3- of replacing this in some districts. The arrangement finally came to was that the cars should be delivered as now, and that one new radiator only should be built and despatched unofficially to India with the first car, some such Official as Major Clifton being informed, so that should heating troubles develop, they could test the new radiator. It was most particularly desired on both sides that nothing should be done that might check deliveries. In fact, that a new radiator was existing, would give Major Lewin confidence in despatching the cars to India and if it was found necessary, the results of tests would be of value to ourselves as well as the I.O. Major Lewin did not wish to tell the Indian Government that there was any doubt about the cooling, but it was brought out in the duscussion that the Indian conditions cannot really be as bad as the temperatures quoted would lead one to suppose. Albion chassis which boiled so badly in England that they made a larger radiator, and sent it out after the car to India. But the Indian people were unable to understand why it had been made. On our part we have never had a request from our Indian Depot for a larger radiator. We think it would be very good policy to make this radiator for the I.O. The above is in addition to the towers to prevent water loss which have already been agreed to and are much desired by the I.O. Major Fraser would very much like us to try the experimenting reducing the speed of circulation through the radiator by contd. | ||