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).
Modification to the fuse contact on the distribution board for all chassis.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 166\8\ img029 | |
| Date | 21th March 1939 | |
| cap. 6067 To HPS.{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} c.c. BY/RD. c.c. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/RC.{R. Childs} c.c. RHO/Wld. c.c. RHC{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer}/SS.{S. Smith} c.c. Roy{Sir Henry Royce}/Lee. for HPS.{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} BY/RD.9/B.21.3.39. ALL CHASSIS. DISTRIBUTION BOARD. SECTION 8170. Please receive herewith, blueprints of :- DB.{Donald Bastow - Suspensions}2342 - Fuse Contact. the differences from standard being thicker material as per Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/RC{R. Childs}'s recommendation, together with a revised method keying the contact to the Bakelite holder as we find that some customers are opening these clips and causing distortion at a local weak point. Will you please have 2 dozen of these put in hand to enable distribution boards on experimental cars to be fitted with same. BY/RD. | ||