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 in-house production of parts for 500 chassis, rather than ordering them in cast steel.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 142\2\ scan0020 | |
| Date | 26th August 1920 | |
| XC4554 R.{Sir Henry Royce} from Wd.{Mr Wood/Mr Whitehead} c.to GJ. c.to Wor.{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} c.to Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} c.to Da.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design} c.to Bv. Wd{Mr Wood/Mr Whitehead}6/NJ26.8.20. Material we are now ordering for 500 chassis. In reply to yours R19/G23.8.20, we are not placing orders for exhaust nozzles, cut-out foundations and engine feet in cast steel. With regard to the exhaust nozzles, tools are now in hand to produce them in sheet metal work; for the cut-out foundations, the dies are in hand to produce these as drop forgings; as regards the engine feet, we are waiting drawings from Drawing Office. Wd.{Mr Wood/Mr Whitehead} Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} AUG 26 1920 RECEIVED | ||