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).
Requesting the machining of a set of Dural connecting rods with specific modifications.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 85\3\ scan0069 | |
| Date | 24th February 1934 | |
| To RHC.{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} X214 Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/GWH.{George W. Hancock - Head Chateauroux}11/KW.24.2.34. Re. Dural Connecting Rods to LeC.3682. Will you please machine a set of these rods to LeC.3682, with the exception that the gudgeon pins to be Bentley standard size and also no shims to be used. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/GWH.{George W. Hancock - Head Chateauroux} | ||