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).
Letter from a supplier regarding the first delivery of Goshawk II laminated road springs made from Chrome Vanadium Steel.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 52\2\ Scan023 | |
| Date | 29th December 1921 | |
| R.R. 199 (250T) (SD676 19-2-17) MP18086S M Hives X4429 COPY OF LETTER FROM:- MESSRS. THOS. FIRTH & SONS LIMITED. NORFOLK WORKS, SHEFFIELD. 29th December. 1921. X4429 STEEL DEPARTMENT. JWF/AC. Messrs. Rolls-Royce Limited., Nightingale Road, DERBY. Dear Sirs, Goshawk II - Laminated Road Springs. We have much pleasure in informing you that we have today forwarded you 6 top leaves for the front and rear springs in our Chrome Vanadium Steel. We should like to say, however, that these being the first ones we have manufactured are not quite up to our standard. We naturally have come across one or two difficulties which will be rectified in any further leaves or springs we deliver. We are forwarding them as we know how urgently you require delivery, and we trust they will set you at liberty and that they will be sufficiently accurate for you to thoroughly test. We should naturally like these to be tested as quickly as possible and to have your full criticism so that if necessary we may modify where possible the further springs and leaves which are now going through our shops. Yours faithfully, THOS. FIRTH & SONS LIMITED. [Handwritten note] We are instructing stores to send these leaves to test bed immediately they arrive. [Signature] 30/12/21 | ||