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).
Confirmation to fit the 34-EX chassis with a D.W.S. jacking system instead of the previously instructed Smith's system.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 139\1\ scan0074 | |
| Date | 25th February 1936 | |
| X 1166 To Mx.{John H Maddocks - Chief Proving Officer} Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Bwg.{J. C. Bowring}2/JH.25.236. 34-EX Jacking System. This is to confirm that the above chassis is to be fitted with the D.W.S. jacking system, and not Smith's as previously instructed. The system will be as intended for the first 50 Ph.III chassis on production operated by a D.W.S. hand pump. We are obtaining a set of these jacks together with pump, and will notify you as soon as they are to hand. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/J.C.Bowering. | ||