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 create a scheme for reducing the weight of the dropped front cross member by at least a third.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 3\6\ 06-page247 | |
| Date | 3rd October 1934 | |
| XG1T3 To RHC.{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}10/KW.3.10.34. Dropped Cross Member between the Lamps: We think that the dropped front cross member between the lamps is unnecessarily heavy. Will you please get out a scheme for reducing the weight by at least 33.1/3% and we will test it out. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ||