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).
Request to purchase and test Ford V-8 valve tappets for material and hardness analysis.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 158\4\ scan0092 | |
| Date | 31th October 1936 | |
| Pailes 1360 To BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} SWDL{Len H. Swindell} E/PSN.2/MN.31.10.36. Copy to Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} ~~Dr.~~ RHC.{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} Valve Tappet Material. We should be pleased if you would arrange for the purchase of a number of Ford V-8 tappets which could be obtained locally, and have them inspected and tested for hardness. We also wish to know the material from which they are made and the depth and uniformity of the hardened case. E/PSN. | ||