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).
Outstanding chassis work, focusing on a stiffened front cross member and a larger petrol tank for the B.5 model.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 109\3\ scan0218 | |
| Date | 23th December 1941 | |
| Car To: Ev.{Ivan Evernden - coachwork} from Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} c. to Wym.{G. Harold Whyman - Experimental Manager} Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} 4/h.{Arthur M. Hanbury - Head Complaints} 23.12.41. 700 451 CHASSIS WORK. There are two important items which require finishing, to enable chassis work to proceed : 1. MYTH STIFFENED FOR FRONT CROSS MEMBER. The body for this car is proceeding rapidly, and we are getting behind with the frame. The necessary twisting tests have been carried out, and the information obtained for making a better front cross member. Will you please arrange for these designs to be completed. 2. LARGE PETROL TANK FOR B.5. Under existing black-out conditions, when all petrol-stations close, considerable inconvenience has been caused by the small capacity of B.5. petrol tanks. I understand that a 23 1/2-galloned tank is possible on B.5. with a Corniche cross-member. Will you please finalise the design so that Wym.{G. Harold Whyman - Experimental Manager} can produce. Presumably the same petrol tank could be used on 3 B 50. and 4 B. 50. as we are contemplating making three off. Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ||