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).
Requesting the manufacture of chromium-plated Dual Jacking Pads for a Bentley chassis.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 139\2\ scan0389 | |
| Date | 19th November 1935 | |
| X 1166 To RHC.{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Bwg.{J. C. Bowring}27/KW.19.11.35. Attached is a rough drawing giving dimensions of Dual Jacking Pad for Bentley chassis. Will you please have 4 of these made and chromium plated as soon as possible, as we have to send 2 to Wm. Arnold Esq., of Manchester. The purpose of this pad is to cater for extreme jacking conditions, such as when a tyre comes off the rim. Will you please have these pads completed by fitting them to the existing pad plate FB.955. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/J.C.Bowering. | ||