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 the production of a modified suction piston for a 20/25 horizontal carburettor.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 102\1\ scan0159 | |
| Date | 26th March 1934 | |
| X5080 RHC{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer}/HPS.{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/CTS.{C. Trot Salt - Carburation}8/KW.26.3.34. 20/25 Horizontal Carb. We send you herewith LEC.3848. This modification to the suction piston has been brought about in order to make the action similar to that of the Phantom semi-expanding carb., and might go a long way towards solving one of our present difficulties. Will you please produce a piston; the modification being incorporated with EX.13763. We would like this through as soon as possible. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/C.T.Salt. | ||