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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).
Responding to a query about a non-standard cylinder head, mentioning a potential future standardized version with more power.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 146\2\  scan0122
Date  17th February 1937
  
1245

W/P.
EWP.{Mr Punt} from Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Gry.{Shadwell Grylls}

Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} Absent.
Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Gry{Shadwell Grylls}2/R.17.2.37.

B.169.GP. - Cholmondeley.
EWP{Mr Punt}1/MLG.10.2.37.

Replying to your memo of the 10th, we have nothing at the moment to offer in the way of a non-standard cylinder head. Possibly sometime in the future we will be standardising a head which will give you more power, in which case we will get in touch with you.

Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Gry.{Shadwell Grylls}
  
  


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