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).
Extract from a report on the performance of an ignition coil with a British-made bakelite case after a 9,000-mile test on car 23-EX.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 61\1\ scan0117 | |
| Date | 21th May 1930 | |
| X6011 21.5.30. Extract from Mr.Hancock's report on 23-EX after 9,000 miles. IGNITION COIL TO LOP. D.7165C. CASE MOULDED WITH BRITISH MADE BAKELITE MATERIAL X.616B. There has been no definite misfires from the coil ignition. The coil has remained good throughout the test. We have not been able to locate any failure in the moulded bakelite case. | ||