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 adoption of a superior and cheaper foot switch from a specialist (Lucas) rather than re-designing their own.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 168a\2\ img391 | |
| Date | 19th September 1938 | |
| 6139. By.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} from Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} c. Da.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design} c. Hy{Tom Haldenby - Plant Engineer}/RD. c. Les.{Ivan A. Leslie} Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}7/R.19.9.38. FOOT SWITCH. This seems to be a case where the Specialist has produced a better and simpler article than we have and presumably at a lower cost. We take up the attitude that we ought not to have to produce foot switches if we can help it, and should, therefore, adopt the Lucas product without attempting to re-design our own. Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ||