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).
To the Pattern Shop requesting the status of various car engine patterns for crankcases.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 146\4\ scan0107 | |
| Date | 9th October 1940 | |
| 12446 To Mr. Walker. (Pattern Shop). Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/CTS.{C. Trot Salt - Carburation}9/ET.9.10.40. CAR ENGINE PATTERNS. -------------------- Further to my conversation with Mr. Bradley, will you kindly let us know the true position of the patterns for producing the six cylinder cast iron crankcases, and the eight cylinder cast iron and aluminium crank-cases. For your guidance we attach a list showing the sequence of modification as issued from the Drawing Office. For record purposes, we would like to know the state of completion of patterns to produce:- 1. Cast iron six (a) RE. 106 ) (b) RE. 693 ) (c) RE. 136 ) (d) RE. 269 ) 2. Cast iron six EB.4918 3. " " eight RE. 971 4. Aluminium " " EB.5079 Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/CTS.{C. Trot Salt - Carburation} | ||