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Specification sheet for a 50 set experimental production run.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 161a\3\  scan0034
Date  27th January 1939
  
BY {R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} /NS. {Norman Scott} 1/G.27.1.39.

SPECIFICATION.
50 SETS EXPERIMENTAL PRODUCTION.

Sec.No. | Title | LOP. No. | 1st. 50 Exp. Production Chassis. | 250 Production Chassis. | Wraith Type Gearbox.
6151 | Front Brake Equaliser. | FB.4022 14.12.38. | Held up 25.1.39. Pending decision on Gearbox. | | G.CD.1149
7000 | Frames and Fittings. | FB.3658 FB.4211 7.1.39. | Frame Makers Assembly Frame LOP. Parts affected by Gearbox have not been released. | As 50 sets as far as released. |
7001 | Wing Stays. | FB.3664 14.12.38. | To LOP. | To LOP. | No change
7008 | Front Bumpers | FB.3238 14.12.38. | To LOP. | To LOP. | No change.
7030 | Rear Springs. | FB.4372 14.12.38. | To LOP. 2" Tension Rear Shackle. | To LOP. | No change.
7040 | Front Axle. | FB.4339 7.1.39. | To LOP. | To LOP. | No change.
7041 | X. Strg. Tube. | | Nickel Steel Tubes jumped up ends. New LOP. being prepared. | Parallel tube - mild steel, if satisfactory on 9.B.5. | No change.
  
  
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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