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).
Request to obtain a sample Cadillac connecting rod to study its method for oil supply to the little end.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 125\1\ scan0072 | |
| Date | 6th September 1932 | |
| Roy.{Sir Henry Royce} from Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} X1729. Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}2/AD6.9.32. Will you please obtain for us a sample connecting rod for the Cadillac car. We wish to obtain this rod in order to see the method they use in supplying oil to the little end. Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} Letter from General Motors attached. | ||