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).
Request for parts and modifications for a J.III No.2 test unit carburettor.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 102\1\ scan0122 | |
| Date | 31th May 1933 | |
| V1580 RHC.{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} From Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Swdl.{Len H. Swindell} Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Swdl.{Len H. Swindell}8/MA.31.5.33. The following parts and modifications are urgently required for J.III No.2 test unit V.1578 modification to carb. body (E.58728) Increased air port. V.1579 Modification to carb. body (E.58728 Increased passage from float chamber to jet. V.1580 Adaptor for carb. V.1581 " " The carburetter body (E.58728 on which these modifications are required is available in No.5. In addition to above will you please supply 1 Suction piston to E.58787 complete with guide. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/L.H.Swindall. | ||