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 with supplier Ferodo Ltd. about a missing graph for a 40/50 HP chassis rear hub and brake.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 32\2\ Scan028 | |
| Date | 13th October 1921 | |
| Handwritten: By.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} from Wd.{Mr Wood/Mr Whitehead} (struck through) c. to EP.{G. Eric Platford - Chief Quality Engineer} c. to Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} X 3458 X 3409 (struck through) X3458 Typed: Wd{Mr Wood/Mr Whitehead}9/NJ13.10.21. 40/50 h.p.Chassis - Rear Hub & Brake. I send you (By) herewith a letter from Ferodo Ltd. dated 12th inst. replying to your note By/F10.10.21 and EP{G. Eric Platford - Chief Quality Engineer}'s note EP{G. Eric Platford - Chief Quality Engineer}4/H6.10.21. The graph referred to in the penultimate paragraph of said letter has not come to hand and I have written Ferodo Ltd. for same. I have at the same time expressed regret that some unauthorized person has thought proper to write "faulty material" on the label which was attached to the Brake Linings in my office. On arrival, the graph will be handed to By.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} Handwritten: Ltr. att. Stamp: FC OCT 13 Wd.{Mr Wood/Mr Whitehead} RECEIVED | ||