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The sale of Chassis No. 60 JS and the replacement of its shimmy-shackle after trials.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 18\3\  Scan347
Date  26th August 1932
  
LID {A. J. Lidsey}
x7960.
S/W. {Sales / Derby Works} Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Rm. {William Robotham - Chief Engineer}
Copy to EP. {G. Eric Platford - Chief Quality Engineer} [Struck through]
Copy to Hn. {F. C. Honeyman - Retail orders} [Struck through]
LE18/C/26.8.32.

Re Chassis No. 60 JS. {Mr Johnson's Secretary} Ex Trials.

This car is now for sale and as you are aware, it has a shimmy-shackle fitted.

I am arranging for "N" to dismantle this and fit a standard shackle and return the old one to you.

J.E.R

[Stamp: RECEIVED]
  
  
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).


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