Confirming the decision to use the semi-floating axle, part number PD.312, for the B.V. project.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 98\1\ scan0141 | |
| Date | 20th February 1939 | |
| 402 To By {R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} /NS. {Norman Scott} from Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /Gry. {Shadwell Grylls} By {R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} /CRL. {C. R. Lisson} c. By. {R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} c. RHC. {R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} c. Da. {Bernard Day - Chassis Design} c. Da {Bernard Day - Chassis Design} /Hdy. {William Hardy} Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /Gry. {Shadwell Grylls} 10/MH. {M. Huckerby} 20.2.39. B.V. REAR AXLE. At a Conference this morning it was decided with RHC {R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} 's approval to use the semi-floating axle from the start on B.V. The axle in question is PD.312. Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /Gry. {Shadwell Grylls} | ||
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).