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).
Page 2 of a letter regarding the decision to proceed with American made linings due to cost and testing time constraints.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 140\4\ scan0082 | |
| Date | 15th November 1937 | |
| -2- Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/AFM.{Anthony F. Martindale}10/MH.{M. Huckerby}15.11.37. We shall have to go into production with American made linings because we will not be able to test any linings you may make with the requisite amount of thoroughness in time. The cost of the American linings is rather less than half the figure you charge: this is another mark in their favour. Yours faithfully, for ROLLS-ROYCE LTD. | ||