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).
Instruction regarding the use of connecting rods with separate liners for the 20 HP model's 10,000-mile run.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 103\2\ scan0158 | |
| Date | 19th January 1926 | |
| X5030 E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} } HY.{Tom Haldenby - Plant Engineer} } FROM R.{Sir Henry Royce} HS.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} } c. to CJ. BJ. RE. INDIA. X.5770 X.5030 R1/M19.1.26. The next 20 HP. to run 10,000 miles should have connecting rods with separate liners instead of whitemetalling the rods. It is assumed that mild steel bushes are better and lighter than bronze, also that there [strikethrough] would be no advantage in using mild steel rods, heat treated and white-metalled direct. E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} should see that this work is instructed. R.{Sir Henry Royce} | ||