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 remove experimental electrical units from car GAE.20 before its disposal.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 168a\4\ img033 | |
| Date | 17th August 1937 | |
| 614 H.{Arthur M. Hanbury - Head Complaints} To Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/FD.{Frank Dodd - Bodies} from Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/RC.{R. Childs} Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/RC.{R. Childs}12/AP.17.8.37 Experimental Electrical Units. on Car GAE.20. We understand that the above car is about to be disposed of in which case we would like the following experimental units removed and handed to us. -Petrol gauge and tank unit.✓ Horn cables in steering column. Ignition distributor. -~~Fog lamp.~~✓ Ignition coil. Foot switch. How built in steering column. Control by heater lever. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/RC.{R. Childs} | ||