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Standardisation of parts for the 40/50 chassis, particularly regarding car EAC.11 and a Dynamo.
Identifier | ExFiles\Box 73\2\ scan0115 | |
Date | 28th November 1923 | |
To R.{Sir Henry Royce} from BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} c. CJ. c. Wor.{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} c. Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} Y9940 BY2/P28.11.23. PRESENT 40/50 CHASSIS. X.9770 X.9940 X.---- X.9660 Referring to R5/M21.11.23., the position in regard to the improvements you enumerate in connection with the 40/50 car is, that when EAC.11. was substituted for the 40/50, we arranged to bring in the whole of the new proposals. In regard to the fact that the parts are not standardised, the arrangement was that three EAC.11. cars were to run in France for 10,000 miles to standardise the other new parts, and therefore at the same time the parts now under discussion would have been similarly standardised by the 10,000 mile run and would have been set out on the list shewing precisely how EAC.11. cars which had done the running differed from standard. Since EAC.11. appears to have been pushed back it will be necessary for Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} to at once issue standardisation sheets for all the parts mentioned on R5/M21.11.23, all of which have, of course, received consideration, and so far as the D.O. is concerned, we have drawings for all the parts in question, all that we lack is the standardisation sheet. The above generally sums up the position. There is one exception, namely, the Dynamo. We have a scheme pract- ically complete for running the EAC.1. Dynamo as a belt driven type in place of the Lucas. There appear, however, to be certain points in connection with the Dynamo which have not contd:- | ||