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).
Trial of an alternative scheme for fitting jacks onto various car bodies.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 140\2\ scan0159 | |
| Date | 16th March 1939 | |
| S/W......RM.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} c. to Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} By.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} Da.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design} Da{Bernard Day - Chassis Design}/Ev.{Ivan Evernden - coachwork} Cx.{Major Len W. Cox - Advertising Manager} Bly.{B. W. Bleaney - Bentley Sales} 1166 Cll/Czo.3.39 JACKS. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Gry{Shadwell Grylls}9/MH{M. Huckerby}16.3.39 We have noted contents of your memo. a good deal of which we agree with, but we feel we ought fully to try out the alternative you now suggest before giving a definite decision. We would like to try this scheme on various types of bodies to see that we can put the jack on to the fittings in a fairly simple manner on all kinds of bodies, more particularly those with a built-out tail. Could you, therefore, let us have these special pieces, as mentioned in the last paragraph of your memo. Will you also please let us know how long it will be before you can deliver these, as presumably you would like a decision as early as possible. C. | ||