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).
Poor fit of replacement slats for Bentley radiator shutters and suggesting depots stock and shape them locally.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 87\1\ scan0199 | |
| Date | 2nd December 1936 | |
| To Hy.{Tom Haldenby - Plant Engineer} [crossed out] c. to Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} [crossed out] c. to HMC. [crossed out] c. to Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Std. [Handwritten]: 260 [Handwritten]: noted [Handwritten]: Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/STD Kingsbury. 2nd Dec. 1936. Bentley Radiator Shutters. A point that Kingsbury has brought to my attention is replacement of the slats in the shutters due to accidents. In very few cases the new slats received from the Works fit, and too great a gap and uneven line at the top is the result. This is due to individual fitting of slats to each radiator. To over come this could not the Depots have a small stock of lengths of slats, so that they could fit and shape them to the original radiator. This would save time and ease the situation at the Depots. There is a case at the moment where it was necessary to change three slats owing to an accidents and those received from the works for replacement are approx. 1/8" short, having been cut back more than is generally usual. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/C.T.Hancock. | ||