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).
Availability of chassis material and the poor condition of jigs and tools for chassis production.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 144\2\ scan0073 | |
| Date | 26th May 1941 | |
| 1210 To Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} from Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} FILE Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}1/SW.26.5.41. Jigs & Tools - Chassis Production. At the last chassis meeting at Belper, Sg.{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} asked for particulars as to the chassis material available for completing cars. The records are such that, though we have been trying to get the information almost continuously since the meeting, we shall possibly have the B.V. figures next week. In the course of sorting this job out, I went down to Slack Lane where the jigs and tools for chassis production are stored. I was appalled at their condition. I cannot find out who is responsible for looking after them, but I am afraid that the majority are so rusty that whatever is done to them now, they will be scrap. The same applies to various chassis materials such as pistons. Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ||