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).
Copy of a letter from J. Woodhead & Sons Ltd. regarding a new rear spring sent for inspection.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 42\3\ Scan123 | |
| Date | 15th October 1920 | |
| M Hives X2628 Y3854 R.R. 238a (100 T.) (S.H. 139, 11-8-20) G.{Mr Griffiths - Chief Accountant / Mr Gnapp} 3200 [STAMP: RECEIVED OCT] COPY OF LETTER FROM:- J.WOODHEAD & SONS LIMITED. LEEDS. Ref: FJL/AH. 15th October 1920. Messrs. Rolls-Royce Ltd., Nightingale Road, Derby. Dear Sirs, We have sent you by passenger train this evening one New type Rear Spring type F.7973 with a Gun-Metal Hoop at one end. This has been sent for your inspection, and approval of the hoop before proceeding to make these in steel forgings. Please let us know at your earliest convenience if the hoop is entirely satisfactory and return the spring to us to be fitted up with a plate clip. Yours faithfully, JONAS WOODHEAD & SONS LTD. [Handwritten note] The Spring in question has been sent to Mr Day's Office. | ||