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).
4-degree front axle, requesting strengthened pivots and a set of Hartford pieces for testing.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 82\3\ scan0285 | |
| Date | 14th May 1935 | |
| To RHC.{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} X200a Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}21/KW.14.5.35. 4° Front Axle. We note that you are producing some strengthened pieces and should like these pivots to be sent out to Hancock when they are completed. Will you please put in hand one set of Hartford pieces for the front axle only, as fitted to E.R. Hall's car. These are required in connection with the tests on shock absorbers in France. We are anxious to get them out before the existing 15,000 miles test is completed. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ||