Technical Information Access Point Online Pre War Technical Library Technical documents relating to the care and maintenance of Rolls-Royce and Bentley vehicles manufactured before the outbreak of World War II (1940). NB: Many of these articles have been written a time period of 100+ years and the age of the information should be taken into account. * Some of this section is currently under maintenance. Sir Henry Royce A Tale of two Henrys Working for Mr. Royce The 'Spirit of Ecstasy' Eleanor, In Body or Spirit? Jo Sykes on the 'Spirit of Ecstasy' 'The Spirit of Ecstasy' Part One Part Two Part Three Part Four The Story of The Spirit of Ecstasy Car Reviews & Road Tests The New 20HP Rolls-Royce 20/25 HP Rolls-Royce - Road Test Report c1926 25HP Phantom II Phantom II Continental Without peer - Bentley Turbo R Bentley Arnage - Rarest of All? Company Documents Bentley Azure Sales Sheet Bentley Brooklands Sales Sheet Bentley Continental R Sales Sheet Bentley Turbo R Sales Sheet Rolls-Royce Silver Spirit Sales Sheet Rolls-Royce Silver Spur Sale Sheet What A Good Chauffeur Should Know Restorations & Repairs 1910 Silver Ghost - Chassis No.1425 1911 Silver Ghost - Chassis No.1606 1922 Goshawk Chassis No.42G7 1929 New Phantom - Chassis No.50OR 1930 Phantom II - Chassis No.260AJS Silver Dawn - Chassis No.SDB94 Mk VI - Chassis No.B256MD - Gearbox Selector Memoirs & Histories The Rolls-Royce Bump Test A History of the 'Silver Ghost' Rolls-Royce Armoured Cars "White Cloud" in Thailand Early Days of the RROCA The Silencing of 'Henry R' Me and my Shadow Living With a Spirit 30 Years of the Silver Shadow Northern Lights in Bentley R-type - Chassis No B116TN Rolls-Royce V8 - From the Designer Passing the Course - The Rolls-Royce School of Instruction A Short History of the Custom-Built Motor Car Henry's 20 Horses - 75th Anniversary of the 20HP 1910 Silver Ghost - Chassis No.1404 1921 Silver Ghost Chassis No.38MG - "Titania" 1921 'Alpine Eagle' Silver Ghost Chassis No. 88NE 1922 Goshawk Chassis No.42G7 1925 40/50 Chassis No.31HC - "Sheila" 1928 Phantom I Chassis No 42AL - "The Pumpkin" 1953 Phantom IV Chassis No.4B3P Post War Technical Library This Technical Library is proudly provided for all Rolls-Royce and Bentley enthusiasts by the Rolls-Royce Owners Club of Australia. Kindly hosted by Richard Treacy. https://rrtechnical.info/ General Documents applicable to all or most pre-war models. Valve and Ignition Timing Data Lubrication Chart Faults and Remedies Tee-One Topics Records of Hooper & Co (Coachbuilders) Ltd (1828 - 1959) Owner: Science Museum Group, UK Rolls-Royce and Bentley Chassis Series Goshawk 2 & India 4 - Chassis Numbers & Info Technical Papers Adjusting a Ghost Carburetor Replacing a Phantom II Cylinder Head Adjusting the Gearbox Selector on a Mk VI Manual Gearbox Pig-Headed - R-Type Cylinder Head LPG and Rolls-Royce Converting to LPG Increasing Air Intake on Early Post-War Cars Hot Stuff! - Mk VI Cooling Changing Your Vehicle's Polarity Technical - Unleaded Technical - Unleaded - Rolls-Royce Engines and Unleaded Fuel Technical - Unleaded - Unleaded Fuels by Tony Ward Technical - Unleaded - Unleaded fuels for Rolls Royce and Bentley Engines Data Archives Miscellaneous 20HP Data Bert Ward Papers The Bert Ward "Bible" Jackson, Jones & Collins Early Days of the 20 HP Notes on 20HP Modifications Pre-War Silver Ghosts Post-War Silver Ghosts The Straight 8 Bentley Epic Journeys London-Peking in Silver Ghost - Chassis No.94FW The 1997 Peking to Paris Motor Challenge Preparing a Phantom V - Chassis No 5VF159 for Peking to Paris Peking-Paris: Leg One Peking-Paris: Leg Two Peking-Paris: Leg Three Across the Nullarbor in Silver Dawn SFC138 "Helga" Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Across the Nullarbor Plain in "Alpine Eagle" Silver Ghost 88NE Rolls-Royce Humour WHOSO overcomes his UNCLE by not freeing his TORSO Rallying - The Art of Cheating An Illustrated Ode to Car Parks Bentley Motors Technical Library - 1955 to 1965 Technical Library - 1954 to 1980 Technical Library - 1980 to 1998 Technical Library - 1998 to 2009 Technical Library - Miscellaneous

Shop Please note: Our Foundation is run in its entirety by our wonderful volunteers. We will endeavour to fulfil your order as soon as practical and thank you for your understanding and patience. Overseas orders (outside of Australia) please email chair@henryroycefoundation.com for addition costs to cover tracking, postage & packaging. NB: Australia Post is currently unable to deliver books to the USA until the issue of collecting import tariffs is clarified. We will advise as soon as this service re-commences. DOWNLOAD ORDER FORM HERE Rolls-Royce & Bentley in The Sunburnt Country - The first 50 years in Australia $170.00 - Price includes GST and postage within Australia. For overseas postage costs, please email; chair@henryroycefoundation.com By Tom Clarke and David Neely The re-print of this book complete with Supplements from 1999-July 2021 is now available. It is A4 in size, soft cover, 588 pages and weighs 2.1 kgs. 500 copies of the first edition of this excellent book have been sold. It has received enthusiastic reviews around the world. This book is a MUST for all enthusiasts in Australia and indeed for all Rolls-Royce and Bentley owners worldwide. The authors are thankful to readers who have sent in various corrections, photographs and improvements. Please note: t he "first fifty years" covers 1906-1956. The Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost. Origins and Development 1906-1926 $155.00 Price includes GST and postage within Australia. For overseas postage costs, please email; chair@henryroycefoundation.com By David Forward A major work on the Silver Ghost and the years that made the Rolls-Royce Company's fame and fortune. Essential knowledge for all persons interested in the 40/50hp Silver Ghost and its development. David Forward has used his extensive knowledge of the Silver Ghost to write and publish this comprehensive book containing the greatest amount of technical information available on the subject, and extremely interesting to read. It has received worldwide acclaim and is in the library of most Silver Ghost owners as well as the RAC library in London. Attractively presented with 200+ pictures and diagrams, handsomely bound in matching slipcase. Evelyn Maud Mill; From servant to socialite $55.00 Price includes GST and Postage within Australia. For overseas postage costs, please email; chair@henryroycefoundation.com By Paul Tritton Lover, mistress, wife and widow of Claude Goodman Johnson,' the hyphen in Rolls-Royce'. Tom Clarke says "HAVING PAUL TRITTON’S name on anything associated with the history of Rolls-Royce is a guarantee of wonderful reading. Paul’s track record is an enviable one. Most aspects of Rolls-Royce history have received coverage down the years but not the women behind the company’s key figures. It’s quite a story and evokes both the belle epoque of the Edwardian decade and the freer 1920s. The human side of the Rolls-Royce story is well told here". Click HERE for a further review by past SHRF Trustee, Jeanne Eve. Rolls-Royce and Bentley In The Rear-View Mirror $45.00 Price includes GST and postage within Australia. By David Neely A history of the Rolls-Royce Owners' Club of Australia. Featured are over 700 photographs and illustrations covering many aspects of the Club. Lists and tables spanning 1956 to 2002 include 4000+ members and more than 2000 Rolls-Royce and 800 Bentley motor cars. Additional reference sources are contained in chassis number and registration number lists. 50 Years with a Rolls-Royce Twenty $12.50 Price includes GST and postage within Australia. By David G. Davis This is a fascinating insight into the philosophy and approach developed after 50 years of owning and maintaining a 1922 Rolls-Royce Twenty. The 40-page A5 size booklet in colour includes a detailed list of chassis changes compiled by Bob Clarke, the Australian Club's Twenty Registrar. The author, who was a Foundation Trustee, met the cost of production personally, and proceeds will go to the Foundation. Concerning the 20hp Rolls-Royce 1922-2022 $55.00 Price includes GST and postage within Australia. By David Davis & Ian Berg The 20hp Rolls-Royce, which became known as the ‘Twenty’, was announced in October of 1922. The Twenty was the car that Rolls-Royce would have preferred not to build. Henry Royce clearly indicated that he wouldn’t have considered it but for the fact that the market for the larger Silver Ghost had dried up, and sales staff did not push the new model. Yet the Twenty became a great success, nowhere more so than in Australia. Published by the 20-Ghost Club, Australia Concerning the 20hp Rolls-Royce: 1922-2022 celebrates the centenary of the Twenty and also includes comprehensive details of all known Twentys in Australia. . An Australian Rolls-Royce $7.50 Price includes GST and postage within Australia. By Bryan Inder The story of a Rolls-Royce 40/50H.P. model Silver Ghost Chassis number 12HG delivered new in Australia in 1923. John Bull Sketchbook $17.50 Price includes GST and postage within Australia. By Bryan Inder The story of a Rolls-Royce 40/50H.P. model Silver Ghost Chassis number 12HG delivered new in Australia in 1923. GA Drawings $50.00 The files are emailed as a ZIP file over WeTransfer. A set of General Assembly (GA) Drawings. The set has been rescued and many of the drawings are available for pre-war cars to assist with restoration and maintenance. Please note that some drawings are damaged beyond repair, but many have been digitised in PDF format ready to be used. The purchase includes the collection and a spreadsheet of explanation.

Aero Engines Click here to download Frank Carroll's transcript of his talk on Rolls-Royce & World War II At the Bill Allsep House, Rowville VIC Rolls-Royce Avon Jet Engine Owned by The Foundation Rolls-Royce Derwent Jet Engine On loan from Museums Victoria Rolls-Royce Eagle Aero Engine On loan from Museums Victoria Rolls-Royce Merlin Aero Engine On loan from the Australian War Memorial At our Coolum Showroom, QLD Rolls-Royce Merlin Mk 135 , V12 piston (27 litres) engine number 235806, rare, being a “left-hand tractor – Hornet Power Plant”, built in 1945. This engine is owned by the Foundation and is onsite at our Coolum Showroom. Rolls-Royce Avon Mk 26 jet engine, serial number 3435, built at Fishermen’s Bend, Victoria, by Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation under licence. Only 265 were built here in late 1950’s for the CAC Sabre military jets and production of those ceased in 1961. This engine is on long-term loan from Queensland Air Museum at our Coolum Showroom. Rolls-Royce Tay Mk 650-15 , medium bypass turbofan jet, serial number 17566, built 1992 for Fokker 100 civilian aircraft. Donated in 2020 by Alliance Airlines, Australia. This engine is owned by the Foundation and is onsite at our Coolum Showroom. Rolls-Royce “Eagle” Aero Engine (photos below) A piston engine in a twelve-cylinder 60° Vee configuration (V12) of 20.3 litres capacity. Each cylinder is separate with its water jacket fabricated from steel pressings and welded in place. Each cylinder has two valves, inlet and exhaust, actuated by an overhead camshaft on each bank of six cylinders. The initial output of this engine was 225 horsepower increasing to 350hp in the ‘Eagle 81’. This was Henry Royce’s first aero-engine, and took only six months from drawing board to initial test. A feature of this engine is the beautiful epicyclic reduction gear drive to the propeller. This type of reduction gear was later incorporated by Mr Royce in the engines of the Rolls-Royce 40/50hp Silver Ghost and New Phantom (Phantom I) motor cars. Two Rolls-Royce Eagle engines powered Alcock and Brown’s Vickers Vimy biplane (a converted bomber) which made the first direct crossing of the Atlantic in 1919; and Ross and Keith Smith’s Vimy, in which the Australian brothers, also in 1919, accomplished the first flight from England to Australia within a specified time limit of 30 days or less. Rolls-Royce “Merlin” Aero Engine (photos below) A piston engine in a twelve-cylinder 60 Vee configuration (V12) of 27 litres capacity with two banks of six cylinders. Each bank carried an overhead camshaft driven by skew gears from the wheel case at the rear. Each cylinder has four valves, two inlet and two exhaust. Initial output was 625hp, which increased to over 2000hp in later versions largely due to improvements in supercharging. This famous engine powered Britain’s World War II front-line fighters, the Supermarine Spitfire and Hawker Hurricane, in the decisive 1940 Battle of Britain. It was also used in the Avro Lancaster and de Havilland D.H.98 Mosquito during WW2. The Merlin was a direct descendant of the R engine, which was developed by Rolls-Royce as a private venture without Government funding and powered the Schneider Trophy-winning Supermarine S.6 and S.6B racing seaplanes in 1929 and 1931 respectively. Rolls-Royce "Derwent" Jet Engine (photos below) The Derwent was the second jet engine manufactured by Rolls-Royce. The Welland was the first, developed in association with jet propulsion pioneer (Sir) Frank Whittle. The Derwent was first fitted to the twin-engine Gloster Meteor in 1944. Early Derwents produced 2000lb thrust; later versions delivered 3600lb thrust at 14,700rpm. A Meteor powered by two Derwent V turbojets broke the World Air Speed record; first at 606mph (975kph) in 1945 and in 1946 at 616mph (990kph). The Welland and Derwent headed a long line of highly successful Rolls-Royce jet engines, which included the celebrated Avon, Conway, RB.211 and Trent. Rolls-Royce "Avon" Jet Engine (photos below) Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation Pty Ltd (CAC), owned by a consortium of Australian companies and Rolls-Royce Ltd, manufactured this engine in the 1950s in Melbourne. The engine type was fitted to the English-Electric Canberra twin-engine bomber manufactured under licence by the Government Aircraft Factories (GAF) in Fishermans Bend, Melbourne for the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF). Later versions were used in the CAC-built Avon Sabre jet fighter for the RAAF. This aircraft was a more powerful development of the North American F-86 Sabre. A total of 218 Avon engines was manufactured by CAC, and a further 1,704 overhauls were undertaken for the RAAF. CAC had a long association with Rolls-Royce, having built 108 Merlins (plus spares) and 112 Nene jet engines in Australia. Nicholas and Richard Knight presented this engine to the Foundation in recognition of the contribution of Herbert H. Knight to the aircraft industry in Australia and his role in bringing aircraft manufacture to Australia. Herbert Knight commenced his career in the aircraft industry at Westland Aircraft in Somerset, England in 1928. He was at CAC from 1937 until 1969, serving as General Manager and a Director for the last nine years of his career. ** Click on the photos below to view the full gallery of photos. ** Below the photo gallery are a few short videos on Aero Engines. 1992 Rolls-Royce Tay 650-15 turbofan engine. It is 29 years old; has travelled 28,000 flight hours and completed 19,999 cycles (stop/start) - one short of its predicted lifetime of 20k cycles. 1992 Rolls-Royce Tay 650-15 turbofan engine. It is 29 years old; has travelled 28,000 flight hours and completed 19,999 cycles (stop/start) - one short of its predicted lifetime of 20k cycles. The Tay is a medium-bypass turbofan engine, developed from the highly successful Spey engine and using technology from the renowned RB211 engine. The Tay family of engines is used on Gulfstream business jets and on the Fokker 70 and Fokker 100. Rolls-Royce "Avon" Jet Engine 1992 Rolls-Royce Tay 650-15 turbofan engine. It is 29 years old; has travelled 28,000 flight hours and completed 19,999 cycles (stop/start) - one short of its predicted lifetime of 20k cycles. 1/12 SHRF - Avon engine (R Rolls) Play Video SHRF - Derwent engine (R Rolls) Play Video SHRF - Eagle Engine (as told by Russell Rolls) Play Video SHRF - Merlin Restoration (as told by Bryan Harper) Play Video Aero Engines Watch Now Share Whole Channel This Video Facebook Twitter Pinterest Tumblr Copy Link Link Copied Share Channel Info Close

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The Collections The foundation holds in their extensive collection some of Henry Royce renowned items . Archives - Drawings, books, manuals, sales records, correspondence etc,. Aero Engines - PV-12 or Merlin, Avon, Tay Auto Engines - Royce 10 Industrial & Marine Engines - Meteor and Meteorite Tank Engines, Cranes etc,. Memorabilia Miscellaneous Model Cars - The Neely, Dodd, Allsep & Mason Collections of small and large model cars Quotations Photographs Rolls-Royce Phantom V - 1967 Rolls-Royce Phantom V, Chassis No.5VF159 Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost Body - Coach work for Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost Chassis No.1524 York Motors Registrations

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