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).
Dispatch of scraper rings for chassis B.1.CW to address high oil consumption.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 27a\1\ Scan418 | |
| Date | 2nd May 1936 | |
| To Sr/VA. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Mths.{Reg Matthews}7/JH. 2.5.36. Re Chassis B.1.CW Paris Trials car. With reference to your memo. Sr/VA.4/ET. 28.4.36. we are despatching a set of EB.2686 Scaper rings for you to fit to the above chassis. These rings have a reduced width of land and consequently higher unit pressure on the cylinder wall and were instructed to be used by depots in case of complaints of high oil consumption. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/R.Matthews. | ||