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).
Possibility of manufacturing car bumpers in-house using a 500 ton press.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 26\1\ Scan131 | |
| Date | 10th June 1959 | |
| To: JPB/VK - Park Ward c: PA{Mr Paterson}/Bap Gry{Shadwell Grylls} JPB APM/Kt Bumpers I have had a word with Bap about the possibility of making bumpers on our own Press here, and the prospects of this seem to be fairly hopeful. It is a 500 ton Press and although primarily designed for pressing large areas, adaptors can no doubt be made for dealing with large concentrated pressures. I do not think we can be so ambitious as to think we can press a full width bumper, but we might consider a 1/2 or a 1/3 width one. I think the next move is to produce a sketch (full size) of a probable shape and get Bap to consider it. VS.{J. Vickers} | ||