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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.
  
  


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