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).
Provision and fitting of a non-standard bonnet rest strip.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 112\3\ scan0048 | |
| Date | 29th June 1938 | |
| 805 To HPS.{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} from Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Std. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Std.13/MH.{M. Huckerby}29.6.38. We hand you herewith a 20' length of Ferodo "Bonrest" S.6891 bonnet rest strip which is .100 thick instead of the standard .156 material. Will you please lace the radiator of 1.B.50 car with this strip to enable the bonnet to line up flush with the top of the radiator shell. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Std. | ||