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).
Directive regarding the specifications for the front anti-roll rod for the first 50 experimental B.V. chassis.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 100\1\ scan0222 | |
| Date | 9th December 1938 | |
| BY/HEB.{H. Biraben} Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/AFR HPS{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} De BY/NS.{Norman Scott}8/G.9.12.38. B46. 4. B.V. 1ST. 50 EXPERIMENTAL CHASSIS. FRONT ANTI-ROLL ROD. It has been decided that the roll rod for the 1st. 50 chassis shall be produced in S/SLM. 11/16" diameter and bushes altered to suit. A roll rod produced in .4 carbon steel to BESA specification S.76 is urgently required for use on the Bump Chassis. Will BY/HEB.{H. Biraben} please produce the necessary details and instruct. BY/NS.{Norman Scott} Nl | ||