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 revert modifications to S.U. Startex Needles due to the new design being useless.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 99\1\ scan0054 | |
| Date | 10th July 1939 | |
| 4.08 To HPS{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr}/WSC.{W. S. Cassel} Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/GR.{George Ratcliffe}12/JH.10.7.39. S.U. Startex Needles B.V. 6 off. Will you please replace the original adjusting screws and also the suction discs to their original position on the above needles as soon as possible. These needles as modified by design and detail are at the moment useless. The extra long adjusting screws have reduced the travel from .312" to .125". Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/GR.{George Ratcliffe} | ||