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).
Sending a car to Derby for a new unit installation, with handwritten notes about timings and springs.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 107\1\ scan0416 | |
| Date | 9th December 1936 | |
| [Handwritten note at top] HES. Have we any low rating springs for Sg{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD}'s car? Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} [Memo] To Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} from Sg.{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} re GLG-5 In view of what you said yesterday, i.e. the new unit would be ready on the 14th, I am arranging to send my car up to Derby next Monday. I forget [handwritten insert: that] how long you said you would want it but I hope I can have it back before the end of the week. Sg.{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} [Handwritten reply at bottom] HPS.{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} I did not promise a week but perhaps you will do the best you can. We shall want 1 1/2 days on test Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ||