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).
Request to produce a front roll rod of .825 diameter for steering tests on model 36-EX.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 95\1\ scan0365 | |
| Date | 30th October 1936 | |
| 350 RHC.{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} From Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Gry.{Shadwell Grylls} Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Gry.{Shadwell Grylls}6/MA.30.10.36. Will you please put in hand a front roll rod for 36-EX. of .825 diameter for steering tests. The object of this is to obtain the same increase in rolling rate with a front rod as with the present standard rear roll rod. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Gry.{Shadwell Grylls} | ||