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).
Instructions for reconditioning car 36-EX (No.11 Unit) with specific parts and testing before sale.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 115\3\ scan0082 | |
| Date | 2nd November 1937 | |
| To HPS.{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} from Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Swdl.{Len H. Swindell} 1020 Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Swdl.{Len H. Swindell}16/MH.{M. Huckerby}2.11.37. 36-EX. (No.11 Unit). The above car is now being reconditioned in the repair dept. prior to being sold. Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} has requested that we fit a set of Hall's bushed big ends to this unit. Will you please instruct that this be carried out, the Hall's bushes to be in AC.6 material and the bearing clearance on the crankpins and interference fits as the set that ran so successfully on our No. 6 endurance unit. The piece numbers of the particular parts are Ex.28937/8. As a precaution the connecting rods should be crack tested. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Swdl.{Len H. Swindell} | ||