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).
Faulty S.U. petrol pumps caused by incorrect drawing dimensions.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 149\1\ scan0002 | |
| Date | 9th January 1934 | |
| To Sft.{Mr Swift} c. to Wcr. c. to Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} c. to By.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} X2677 Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Bwg.{J. C. Bowring}1/KW9.1.34. S.U. PETROL PUMPS. With reference to your memo. Sft{Mr Swift}1/MW5.1.34, we have been in touch with the S.U. Co., who inform us that they are already making new unions etc. to replace the faulty ones fitted to all pumps that they have so far delivered. The error has been traced to wrong dimensions given on their drawing. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/J.Bowering. | ||