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Requesting the production of front axle and brake components for bump testing on a 20-HP chassis.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 101\1\  scan0061
Date  10th December 1927
  
X5420
To. H.G. [text has been struck through]
c. Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Rm. {William Robotham - Chief Engineer}
BY {R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} /TWD {T. W. D’Aeith} 1/GK. 10.12.27.

20-HP. CHASSIS.

FRONT AXLE AND BRAKES. SECTION 7040.

In accordance with memo' Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Rm. {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} 1/LG.8.12.27., will you kindly produce one set of each of the undermentioned pieces in order that they may be tried out on the Bump Test. :-

G.53,225. Ball End Pin. 1 off.
G.53,227. Cross & Side Steering Lever. 1 "

It is important that these pieces should have incorporated in them the Alterations sent through under 12242/G. & 12243/G.

We understand from BY {R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} /SS. {S. Smith} that he has handed to you blue prints of the details together with instructions regarding the Alterations which have been made to the parts in question.

BY {R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} /TWD. {T. W. D’Aeith}
  
  
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).


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