Instruction to order 12 top plates for S.S. front springs to replace breakages occurring on the bumping rig.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 16\7\ Scan123 | |
| Date | 7th December 1928 | |
| ROY. {Mr H. Royce - Buyer} c. Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} X7410 BY2/G.7.12.28. S.S. FRONT SPRINGS. ------------------- Will you kindly arrange in accordance with Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} 2/LG.6.12.28. to immediately order, preferably by telephone to save time, 12 top plates for the S.S. front springs, to replace breakages as they occur on the bumping rig. Please inform Firths when ordering that we are running the bumper without dampers purposely, but that the springs have given improved results over the American type run under similar conditions. BY. {R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} By | ||
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).