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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).
Experiments to fix silencer explosions and autovac issues on the 8-EX car.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 1\3\  B001_X 93-page65
Date  1st September 1926
  
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To PN.{Mr Northey} from Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}
c. to BJ.

Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}1/LG6. 9.26.

8-EX CAR.

We have not been able to fit to this car any scheme for reducing the explosions in the silencer or preventing the autovac affecting slow running.

We are carrying on with the experiments and as soon as we have anything satisfactory we will let Sales have an opportunity of trying it.

Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}
  
  


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