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).
Checking the availability of ignition distributors for new engine units.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 168\3\ img177 | |
| Date | 11th May 1939 | |
| 6119 To Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/RC.{R. Childs} from Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Swdl.{Len H. Swindell} c. BY/RB.{R. Bowen} c. HPS{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr}/RH.{R. Hollingworth} Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Swdl.{Len H. Swindell}2/MH.{M. Huckerby}11.5.39. [Handwritten]: A/C to distributors IGNITION DISTRIBUTORS. Will you please check that the necessary distributors are in hand and will be ready for the following new units which are instructed to be produced. B.80 - Nos. 4, 5 and 6 units. 8-Cylinder Conventional - No. 1 unit. B.60 - Nos. 5 and 6 units. Wraith III No.10 unit (Converted to Continental ✓ for 14.B.) Wraith Ripple - No.1 unit. 4-cylinder "mock up" engine. [Stamp: Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Swdl{Len H. Swindell}] [Signature: JM{Mr Morley}] | ||