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).
Clarifying a misunderstanding about an experimental engine unit fitted to car 4-B-IV.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 88\2\ scan0185 | |
| Date | 1st May 1936 | |
| V760 To Hd.{Mr Hayward/Mr Huddy} c. to Cx.{Major Len W. Cox - Advertising Manager} Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}16/KW.1.5.36. 4-B-IV. There appears to be a certain amount of misunderstanding about this car. The unit fitted to it when it was smashed up was a 3½ litre converted to a 4¼ by boring out: it was a purely experimental piece of apparatus. We wanted to transfer this unit to Lappin's new car, so that the standard unit ex the new car could be transferred to 4-B-IV for sale. We made this suggestion in our memo. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}3/KW.6.3.36 addressed to C. Sales. However, would not agree. This being so, the unit out of 4-B-IV was returned to us and has been used for experimental work, which was all it was fit for. We have no standard unit now for 4-B-IV. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ||