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 to fit a cylinder block with short chromium-plated bores and for information on piston seizing.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 97\5\ scan0249 | |
| Date | 29th December 1940 | |
| Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/CTS.{C. Trot Salt - Carburation} from Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} c. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Wym.{G. Harold Whyman - Experimental Manager} file S.B.V. Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}1/ML.29.12.40. 400 We should like to fit to this car a cylinder block having three of the bores short chromium plated. We should also like a brief summary of the information which exists with regard to pistons seizing on the 25/30 and the recommendations that were made to prevent the trouble occuring. Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ||