Requesting the production of specific gearbox parts and engine couplings, and proposing a material change.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 94\2\ scan0161 | |
| Date | 19th January 1937 | |
| HPS. {Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} from Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /Gry. {Shadwell Grylls} c. Hdv. 3/3 Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /Gry {Shadwell Grylls} 2/R.19.1.37. P.III - Cost Saving - Gearbox. Will you please put in hand two sets of engine couplings in S/M. The parts involved are:- G.82465 1/7 G.82463 2/5 G.85152. 2/- I/C to - Will you also please put in hand parts in G.82655 8d G.81690 1/11 G.82898 1/- 13/10 G.84366 2 off 1/6 G.84367 9d We should also like to try in S/M instead of alum. bronze. G.82897 1/- G.83346 1/- 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).