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).
Requesting a scheme for a 2.75 journal diameter crank and a design for housing rubbers for rocker cover nuts.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 115\2\ scan0401 | |
| Date | 2nd January 1939 | |
| 1020 To By/Ald.{F. Allwood - Experimental Design} from Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Swdl.{Len H. Swindell} Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Swdl.{Len H. Swindell}5/MM.2.1.39. Will you please scheme out for a 2.75 journal diameter crank on B.V. This will be used in conjunction with Vandervell bearings. We will instruct HPS.{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} when the above is required as we do not wish to proceed with the job at the moment. Another job we should like is the housing of rubbers under the rocker cover nuts for Wraith and Bentley in place of springs. We have had several attempts at this each with various defects which we will discuss before doing the job. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Swdl.{Len H. Swindell} | ||