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 cast a new pair of Lockheed jack brackets for car 39-EX, using existing brackets as patterns.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 140\2\ scan0009 | |
| Date | 20th May 1937 | |
| HPS.{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} from Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Gry.{Shadwell Grylls} 1166 Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Gry.{Shadwell Grylls}10/AP.20.5.37 LOCKHEED JACK BRACKETS. On the front of 35.EX. we have a pair of forged dural jack brackets. We need another pair for 39-EX. Will you please put in hand as quickly as possible a further pair cast in RR.50. Can you use the existing brackets as patterns while 35-EX. is stripped. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Gry.{Shadwell Grylls} | ||