Blueprints for steel wheel discs to obtain samples and quotations for the 'Corniche' model.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 97\3\ scan0106 | |
| Date | 10th May 1939 | |
| 400C. BY {R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} /CRL. {C. R. Lisson} 5/E.10.5.39. To. HPS. {Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} c. BY c. RHC {R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} /wldr c. RHC {R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} /SS {S. Smith} c. Roy {Mr H. Royce - Buyer} /Les for HPS. {Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} c. Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /Gry. {Shadwell Grylls} "CORNICHE(Bentley streamline(Experimental Streamline Bentley B.23.A.E)d precursor to R Type Continental, never produced)" REAR HUB. SECTION 6170. FRONT HUB. SECTION 7044. PD.369. Discs for Steel Wheels. Please receive herewith three blue prints of the following :- Sec.6170. Sec.7044. GB.5054. End Cover. Pressed Steel Wheel. ) 3 off. 2 off. The above piece has been produced, in accordance with memo' Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /Gry. {Shadwell Grylls} 2/WH.3.5.39, as a one piece Spinning or Pressing in Staybrite. This detail is sent to enable Roy {Mr H. Royce - Buyer} /Les. to obtain Samples and Quotations. We realise the Lettering may present some difficulty, and that Makers may suggest modifications. One blue print of the above attached to Roy {Mr H. Royce - Buyer} /Les's copy. Kindly instruct. BY {R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} /CRL. {C. R. Lisson} | ||
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).