10,000 Miles Car, discussing previous reports and the decision to drop light alloy connecting rods.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 82\2\ scan0035 | |
| Date | 13th April 1934 | |
| X4553a To Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} from Sg. {Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} re 10,000 Miles Car - IV.B.4. Copy to Wor. {Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} Rm. {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} Sg {Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} 9/E13.4.34 Referring to my former memo. and your reply saying that you were waiting for Hancock's report, when you let me have this I should be glad if you would see that specific reference is made to the 9 items which were on this car and which were set out in your Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} 2/MJ.27.2.34. I gathered from Rm. {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} that in view of the lead bronze bearing situation and certain disadvantages that arose with light alloy connecting rods in extreme cold we are dropping them. Sg. {Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} | ||
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).