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 40/50 HP type exhaust cut-out for open exhaust tests at Brooklands.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 5\1\ 01-page144 | |
| Date | 3rd April 1933 | |
| X 5770 REO. from Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Wynn. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Wynn.6/KT.3.4.33. Will you please arrange to fit up one 40/50 HP. type exhaust cut out on to the rear end plate of J.II exhaust silencer. We do not require any controls for this as we intend to wire the valve in the open or closed position as required. The car is going to Brooklands on Wednesday next and we would like the cut out fitted for open exhaust tests. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Wynn. | ||