Summary memo of ongoing car work jobs.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 91\1\ scan0433 | |
| Date | 19th October 1936 | |
| 4300 To RHC. {R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Rm. {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} 12/KW.19.10.36. Car Work General. Herewith a summary of jobs that are at present instructed. Should like to run over them with you some time. (1) 5-B-IV. Longer radius rods. (2) 6-B-IV. Inspection after 15,000 miles. (3) Gearboxes. 6 Concertinas. 6 more 2nd speeds. (4) Continental Phantom III. Steering - Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /FJH. {Fred J. Hardy - Chief Dev. Engineer} 19/KW.1.9.36. Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /FJH. {Fred J. Hardy - Chief Dev. Engineer} 3/JH.7.9.36. Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /FJH. {Fred J. Hardy - Chief Dev. Engineer} 15/KW.10.9.36. Radiator - Lightened radiator for Continental car, Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Std.1/JH.24.9.36. (5) 35-EX. Gearbox. (6) GAE-20. Change steering to Marles - Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /FJH. {Fred J. Hardy - Chief Dev. Engineer} 6/JH.3.10.36. Change gear lever and fit isolated type. (7) Fitters to make up 2 further 30 HP. exhaust systems, using Webb treated shells. | ||
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).