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).
Instruction to reduce the rear buffer clearance on a chassis destined for France and fit larger buffers.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 97\4\ scan0170 | |
| Date | 1st December 1938 | |
| o.{Mr Oldham} Hoob To HPS.{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} from Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/FWK. c. to HPS{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr}/FS.{F. Steele} Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/FWK.1/JH.1.12.38. 8.B.V. We want to reduce the rear buffer clearance on the above chassis before it goes to France. Will you therefore please fit the larger buffers that have been supplied to you. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/FWK. | ||