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).
Meeting notes from Derby regarding chassis materials, quantities, and manufacturing decisions.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 161a\2\ scan0063 | |
| Date | 10th November 1937 | |
| 138 BY.11/G.10.11.37. NOTES OF MEETING HELD AT DERBY ON TUESDAY, 9th NOVR. 1937. CHASSIS. Present :- BG. RB.{R. Bowen} BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} RHC.{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} LA.{L. A. Archer} Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Gry.{Shadwell Grylls} DA.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design} BX. Em. CL. Gl.{G. Linnett} (1). MATERIALS. These are to be bought by physical tests rather than to our specifications. (2). QUANTITIES. We are to buy in lots of 500 sets instead of 200 as heretofore. (3). WRAITH MATERIAL. RHC.{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} promised we should have the total cost of wraith. (4). In regard to the moulding for the distributor HR. type like Delco, it was decided to hold the mould until we know whether to make outside or not. (5). SYNTHETIC RESIN (BAKELITE) MOULDED PARTS. We must buy these out, our overheads are much too high. [Struck through text: PHANTOM III. HYDRAULIC TAPPETS.] It is agreed we adopt the scheme for turning auto to non-auto as in BY.1/G.2.11.37. cont'd.{John DeLooze - Company Secretary} | ||