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).
Notification of an engine change for vehicle 30.G.7 to an 8-cylinder B.80 No.1 unit, requesting a license alteration.
Identifier | ExFiles\Box 138\3\ scan0420 | |
Date | 6th June 1939 | |
1162. D/L. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/FD.{Frank Dodd - Bodies}11/JH.6.6.39. Will you please note that the engine in 30.G.7. is now an 8 cylinder number. B.80 No.1 unit bore and stroke the same as a six. Please have the licence altered to suit. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/FD.{Frank Dodd - Bodies} | ||