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).
Instruction to fit all experimental engines with a new, cheaper B.I. Neoprene high tension cable.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 167\3\ img134 | |
| Date | 11th January 1939 | |
| 6110 To By/CS. c. to By.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} c. to HP. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/RC.{R. Childs}1/JH.11.1.39. We are trying out some new high tension cable called B.I. Neoprene which up-to-date has proved quite as good as that made by Johnson & Phillips at approx. half the cost. Will you please instruct for this cable to be fitted to all experimental engines. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/RC.{R. Childs} | ||