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).
Suggesting new standardisations for axle gear ratios and Ferodo bonnet beading be implemented in American cars to resolve complaints.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 49\1\ Scan207 | |
| Date | 1st August 1920 | |
| BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} c. to Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} RPC. X.345745 EPS/F7. 8. 20. X.3545 X.3470 RE AXLE GEAR RATIO AND FERODO BEADING FOR BONNETS. Standardisation sheets for the above have now been circulated. Could not these features be embodied in the first American Cars, as in doing so it should overcome the complaints they are making in this respect. EP.{G. Eric Platford - Chief Quality Engineer} | ||