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).
Instructing the works to manufacture a replacement rear axle for a 10,000-mile test car.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 49\1\ Scan130 | |
| Date | 17th January 1920 | |
| Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} EP {G. Eric Platford - Chief Quality Engineer} /T4/F17.1.20. X.3407 RE. REAR AXLE ON 10,000 MILES TEST CAR. Further to our EP {G. Eric Platford - Chief Quality Engineer} /T9/F13.1.20, if you have not already done so, will you please instruct Mr.Mills to instruct the works to manufacture a rear axle complete to replace the one handed to you for the 10,000 miles test car. If you do not do this, you will see that we shall be this axle short on production. Please confirm that you have carried this out so that we can file this matter away. EP {G. Eric Platford - Chief Quality Engineer} /T. | ||