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).
Hole to be added to the cast-in starter passage for the B.V. and Corniche models.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 99\1\ scan0059 | |
| Date | 23th August 1939 | |
| BY/NS.{Norman Scott} Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} De/No S. 408 DA.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design}3/G.23.8.39. CAST-IN STARTER PASSAGE - B.V. and CORNICHE. Referring to Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}9/MH.{M. Huckerby}22.8.39. presumably the .375" dia. hole in the diaphragm on B.V. and .437 diameter on Corniche, will be added to the detail. We may point out that Da.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design}2/G.17.6.39. instructing the manifold in question called for this alteration on experimental pieces only. DA.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design} | ||