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).
Correspondence from America about vehicle part proposals and required testing.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 81\2\ scan0208 | |
| Date | 17th March 1926 | |
| BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} Wor.{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} X4616 EPL/H17.3.26 re. Correspondence from America. We are attaching to BY's copy of this memo:- (1) American Proposal Sheet No. 72. re Wheelbase. with BJ/Py1/D15.3.26. with attachments. (2) American memo Oy8/E22626. re Offset Bevel. with BJ/Py2/D15.3.26. (3) Memo Oy3/E3126. re Lovejoy Shock Absorbers. with BJ/Py3/D15.3.26. Will BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} please note and pass on to Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} Will Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} please note and pass on to Wor.{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} and will Wor.{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} please note and return the sheets in question to me. With regard to Proposal Sheet No. 72. we have to consider whether this alteration, if approved by R.{Sir Henry Royce} will require a 10,000 miles test. With regard to Items (2) and (3). These are sent to us for noting only, and comments, if any. EP.{G. Eric Platford - Chief Quality Engineer} | ||