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).
Confirmation to fit a standard Kestrel cylinder block to a six-cylinder unit, with no top joint rings.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 54\4\ Scan102 | |
| Date | 26th February 1934 | |
| V4659 RHC {R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} /HPS {Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} c. Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} Rg {Mr Rowledge} /Tsn.1/DM. {D. Munro} 26.2.34. Six-Cylinder Unit. This is to confirm asking you to fit a standard Kestrel cylinder block to this unit, with no top joint rings. Rg {Mr Rowledge} /Tsn. | ||