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Works instruction memo listing thirteen tasks to be carried out on a vehicle.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 83\2\  scan0091
Date  16th August 1937
  
To HPS. {Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr}

Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /FD. {Frank Dodd - Bodies} 9/JH.16.8.37.

6-B-IV.

Will you please have the following work carried out on the above :-

(1) Fit new bonnet with Widney hinge.
(2) Fit and wire up all lamps.
(3) Fit pair of horns and return temporary horn to Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /FD. {Frank Dodd - Bodies}
(4) Remove pinion in rear axle for Grys. inspection.
(5) Have standard front and special square type rear number plates cast to RC. {R. Childs} 3600.
(6) Fit radiator with dummy shutters.
(7) Fit thermostat scheme Rm. {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} 415.
( ) Fit speedometer cable.
(9) Dismantle clutch, jaggers badly, Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /NRC. {N. R. Chandler} to inspect.
(10) Battery bolt loose in case.
(11- Fit damper to prop. shaft.
(12) Damper control on column will not move.
(13) Gear lever is sticky to move sideways.

Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /FD. {Frank Dodd - Bodies}
  
  
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).


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