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).
The replacement of rear spring interleaving with Spaldite and Tufnol tips.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 111\3\ scan0136 | |
| Date | 9th February 1940 | |
| 800 b To HPS.{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} from Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Clm.{D. D. Clapham} c. HPS{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr}/RH.{R. Hollingworth} c. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Wym.{G. Harold Whyman - Experimental Manager} Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Clm.{D. D. Clapham}1/MH.{M. Huckerby}9.2.40. 3.B.50. Will you please remove the rear springs and change the interleaving on the above car. The new interleaving to be fitted is Spaldite with reinforced Tufnol tips, to be supplied by Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Clm.{D. D. Clapham} Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Clm.{D. D. Clapham} | ||