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).
Drawings and production of connecting rods and associated parts.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 132\2\ scan0260 | |
| Date | 29th December 1939 | |
| 1119. To HPS.{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}14/JH.29.12.39. We send you herewith the following drawings :- RE.122 Connecting Rod 4 off. RE.123 Connecting rod cap 4 off. RE.126 Bolt (Conn: Rod) 8 off. RE.127 Nut (Conn: Rod) 8 off. RE.128 Connecting rod LOP The following existing part will also be required - E.84689 Split Pin (Conn: Rod) 8 off. We have already handed prints of the connecting rods to Leslie so that he may get quotations for dies. It is almost sure to be a lengthy and uncertain job to get dies at the present moment and we should like you to make connecting rods for 3 engines out of the existing Bentley rod forgings with no hole blanked out. Please put 3 sets of the remaining parts in hand. Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ||