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).
Confirming the decision to use a fabric engine coupling instead of an all-metal one for the S.S. Chassis.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 15\4\ Scan033 | |
| Date | 8th May 1929 | |
| Sft.{Mr Swift} (crossed out) O.O. (crossed out) E.P. (crossed out) F.{Mr Friese} (crossed out) G.{Mr Griffiths - Chief Accountant / Mr Gnapp} (crossed out) Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} Wor{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager}/Hy.{Tom Haldenby - Plant Engineer} (crossed out) X7305 BY11/G.8.5.29. S.S. CHASSIS - ENGINE COUPLING. Since writing my memo BY2/G.8.5.29. I have been able to talk the matter over with Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} who has just returned from WW. The decision is that we use the fabric coupling from the first in J.2 series. O.O. and Sft.{Mr Swift} should therefore stop work on all the parts involved in the all metal coupling which are now not required. Mr. Daeth will issue a list of the parts in the coupling to be cancelled, and we will look into the application of the fabric coupling which will be of precisely Phantom form. BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} BH | ||