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).
Request to fit a dural rod from a car to a crankshaft for tightening-up tests at the Cold Storage Works.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 114\2\ scan0200 | |
| Date | 24th October 1935 | |
| To RHC.{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} X1020 Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Smth.3/KW.24.10.35. You have in the shop some dural rods which came out of Lp{Mr Lappin}'s car. Will you please fit one of these to the bit of crankshaft we have for tightening-up tests in the Cold Storage Works. The bearing should have white metal clearance. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Smth. | ||