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).
Numbered list of general engineering tasks and modifications for various car models.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 143\3\ scan0121 | |
| Date | 8th March 1940 | |
| -2- Ev.{Ivan Evernden - coachwork}4/JH.8.3.40. General. (1) Bentley V.{VIENNA} and similar cars to have 1" longer column and raised to have same clearance between the steering wheel and screen as now. (2) Revised rubber mounting to prop. shaft centre bearings. Senior Range. (3) Cheapened headlamp tubes - Senior Range. (4) Alum distance piece between lightened up triangle levers - front suspension. (5) New range of cheapened and lightened petrol tanks for Senior Range. (6) Scheme for main battery lead. (7) Steel wheel balance wgts - Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/TAS.{T. Allan Swinden}4/MH.{M. Huckerby}27.2.40. (8) Cure rattle of rear brake carrier plates - HPS{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr}/RH.{R. Hollingworth}4/BA. 15.2.40. (9) Instruct new brake fork and lever dimensions. (10) Instruct alteration to Starter pinion detail per Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}1/ML.25.2.40. (11) Project revised bent front pan. (12) Investigate fan belt removal on 8 cyl. cars. (13) Revised handbrake. (14) Road springs (front) per Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/MH.{M. Huckerby}2.3.40. (15) Write report on radiator mounting to Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} (16) Analyse Opel Kapiton front suspension. (17) Bonnet eye for production - Mr.Ward. (18) Print of change speed lever for Mr.Ward (19) Re-draw picture of chassis programme. (20) Draw picture of engines of chassis programme. Cont'd.{John DeLooze - Company Secretary} | ||