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).
Confirming that instructions for detailing work on the Aluminium Straight 8 Engine have not yet been passed on.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 124\1\ scan0097 | |
| Date | 3rd May 1939 | |
| 10HH? Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Swdl{Len H. Swindell} c. Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} DA.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design}5/G.3.5.39. ALUMINIUM STRAIGHT 8 ENGINE. Referring to Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}10/R/21.2.39. we instructed the work referred to in DA.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design}5/G/22/2.39. to BY/NS.{Norman Scott}, c. Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} but the instruction has not yet been passed to the engine detailing section, so that no detailing work has been done yet. DA.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design} | ||