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 for information on G.M. side valve combustion chamber designs, parts, and performance figures.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 173\4\ img036 | |
| Date | 26th November 1935 | |
| USA S.H. Grylls, Esq., The Book Cadillac Hotel, Detroit, Michigan, U.S.A. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Smth.7/KW.26.11.35. Dear Gry.{Shadwell Grylls}, Here's a job for you; Will you get from G.M. full dope on the best side valve combustion chamber, valves and parts that they know of. Try to get hold of plaster casts if possible, both of the chamber and the parts, and also performance figures. Meanwhile will you let us know as soon as possible the valve sizes, centre distance between valves and between the cylinder centre line and the valves, and the position of the sparking plug, so that we can unleash the designers. ' Hope you are enjoying yourself. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Smth. | ||