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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).
List of specifications for engine, clutch, and electrical components.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 83\2\  scan0011
Date  11th May 1937
  
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(18) Pinion assembly, pinion and crown wheel, same parts again if possible.
(19) Dip stick inspection hole in the floorboards.
(20) B.24.Unit.
Special TT. type low compression cylinder head LeC.5367 in conjunction with induction system and cyl. block to suit.
Tin plated Aerolite pistons.
Above instructed in memo Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Swdl.{Len H. Swindell}10/JH.10.5.37.
Clutch driven plate to be instructed later. It will be either:-
(a) Standard Borg & Beck plate faced with Chevron material or
(b) Cross cushion plate with .045 cushioning or both.
10.A.b. type ventilated clutch, preferably the one now on O.B.1V. if it is O.K. New green thrust springs of higher poundage required.
Ex.23741 clutch casing. An unmachined one is in the Stores.

(21) Electrical.
Lucas universal foot switch.
Johnson & Phillips H.T.Cable.
New Delco-Remy distributor.
D.75672 coil with flexible primary connections and filled with Bitumen compound.
'Glowray' ballast resistance.
Dynamo with modifications as per Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Wst.10/AP.20.4.37.
Lucas L.R.7.T. regulator.

We should like this car to go to France in a month's time.

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