Order for Ferobestos clutch washers for an experimental 20 HP starter motor.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 42\4\ Scan018 | |
| Date | 31th October 1927 | |
| Y3855 (Handwritten) X5650 (Handwritten) X3855 (Handwritten, crossed out) To Roy. {Mr H. Royce - Buyer} from Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /GWH. {George W. Hancock - Head Chateauroux} Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /GWH {George W. Hancock - Head Chateauroux} 1/LG31.10.27. We wish to try a set of Ferobestos clutch washers in a 20 HP. experimental starter motor. Will you therefore please order :- 3 Ferobestos clutch washers D.51583 2.100" outer dia. 1.250" inner dia. .136" thick. Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /GWH. {George W. Hancock - Head Chateauroux} (Faint vertical text on left: ROLLS-ROYCE LTD) | ||
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).