With a sketch discussing the design and manufacturing methods for a cast dashboard for the Japan III model.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 5a\1\ 01-page076 | |
| Date | 6th February 1931 | |
| TO HY. {Tom Haldenby - Plant Engineer} LBS. FROM EV. {Ivan Evernden - coachwork} SECRET COPY TO BY. {R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} HS. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} X5770 EVI/6.2.31. X.5500 X.5770 CAST DASHBOARD. JAPAN(Experimental Engine) III. We are making a design for the cast dashboard for Japn II. and are endeavouring to make it to machine mould. It will of course be of the universal type as recently done for P.II. We would like to know whether it would facilitate and cheapen production to cast on the bonnet angle, as we are proposing this. If we do we are not sure of the best way to attach the ferodo. To make lace the ferodo as now would entail the milling of slots which would be expensive, we believe. We give below a suggestion for holding the ferodo on with staples similar to those used for attaching the fabric to the servo clutch plate. Will it be necessary to machine the ledge to receive the ferodo or will the casting be sufficiently accurate. We should welcome your views by return as we are at work on the design of the casting at the moment. Section II A | ||
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).