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).
Requesting the fitting of a new 20/25 cylinder head to experimental car Ex.19456.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 103\4\ scan0137 | |
| Date | 21th October 1935 | |
| To RHC.{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} X519 Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Std.7/KW.21.10.35. Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} wishes to try the new 20/25 cylinder head to Ex.19456 without waiting for the completion of B-15 unit. Will you therefore fit this head (there is one head complete at present) together with an induction pipe to Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}2075, to 18-G-IV car while it is in the shop. The induction pipe which is at present fitted to 18-G-IV may be used for this purpose if the pipe for B-15 unit cannot be completed in time. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Std. | ||