Requesting completion dates for various engine development jobs.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 155\2\ scan0233 | |
| Date | 12th July 1938 | |
| 1315? To HPS. {Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} from Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /Swdl. {Len H. Swindell} Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /Swdl. {Len H. Swindell} 8/MH. {M. Huckerby} 12.7.38. We would like to get an idea as to when the following jobs are expected to be completed. B.III. (1) Camshaft as instructed in memo Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /Swdl. {Len H. Swindell} /MH. {M. Huckerby} 21.6.38. ECD.681/2/673. (2) Monichrome camshafts and cam-wheels which are being produced at R.R. (Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /Swdl. {Len H. Swindell} 7/JH.16.6.38) (3) Camshaft with altered firing order EXS.759. By {R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} /Ald. {F. Allwood - Experimental Design} 1/G. 21.5.38. WRAITH III. (1) Rear end oil retaining covers ECD.765. (2) Assembly of W.III.No.10 unit. Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /Swdl. {Len H. Swindell} 14/JH.17.6.38. SINGLE CYLINDER BENTLEY. (1) Exp. parts for trial of ramp head instructed in memo By {R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} /Ald. {F. Allwood - Experimental Design} 10/G.5.5.38. Parts in question are 713/4/5/6/7. GENERAL. (1) Torsional Indicator Drive for B.II camshaft as per memo Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /Swdl. {Len H. Swindell} 4/MH. {M. Huckerby} 16.6.38. Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /Swdl. {Len H. Swindell} | ||
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).