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).
Whether to manufacture electrical accessories in-house or license designs, prompted by the reliability of Bosch products.
Identifier | ExFiles\Box 113\3\ scan0042 | |
Date | 1st February 1929 | |
SG.{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} from R.{Sir Henry Royce} c. to Wor.{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} DA.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design} E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} c. to EFC. Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} X3594 R4/M23. 2.29. ACCESSORIES OF HIGEST QUALITY. X.3594 X.4478 I should like our management to consider whether it would pay us to make any further electrical accessories in our Electrical Dept., either from our own designs or get licenses. It comes about from DA{Bernard Day - Chassis Design}/EV{Ivan Evernden - coachwork}'s memo, referring to electric screen wipers and horns, Bosch of Germany being apparently the only satisfactory design and reliable make. Personally I fear we should not get through sufficient in number, and we might only assemble the mass made parts. Would SG.{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} like Wor.{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} and BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} to look at a model? R.{Sir Henry Royce} | ||