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).
Requesting to fit six balance weights to a crankshaft instead of the original twelve.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 169\1\ img111 | |
| Date | 15th May 1931 | |
| To RHC.{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} From Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Gry.{Shadwell Grylls} NU663. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Gry.{Shadwell Grylls}1/WJ.15.5.31. 24-EX. We wish to try six balance weights on this car crankshaft. Will you therefore please fit six of the original twelve for this car to webs No. 1, 4, 6, 7, 9, 12, as shown. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Gry.{Shadwell Grylls} Jm.{Mr Morley} | ||