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).
Production status report for various chassis components and their progression.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 161a\3\ scan0035 | |
| Date | 27th January 1939 | |
| - 2 - BY/NS.{Norman Scott}1/G.27.1.39. | Sec. No. | Title. | LOF. No. | 1st. 50 Exp. Production Chassis. | 250 Production Chassis. | Wraith Type Gearbox. | |----------|------------------------|----------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------| | 7042 | Spring Suspn.Mechn. | FB.4092 c.1.39.| To LOP. | To LOP. | No change. | | 7050 | Strg.Column & Box. | FB.4496 5.1.38.| Control Tubes held up. Length of column correct with wheel to F.CD.979. Hand Mixture Control - Remainder to LOP. FJH{Fred J. Hardy - Chief Dev. Engineer} | As 50 sets. | No change. | | 7070 | Side Steering Tube. | | Solid Rear End. Nickel steel tube. Jumped up ends. New LOP. being prepared. | Parallel Tube - Mild steel if satisfactory on 9.B.5. | No change. | | 7080 | Petrol Tank. | FB.4508 5.1.39.| To LOP. | Not yet decided. .036 body to F.CD. 1083. Baffles and End plates .024 thick. | No change. | | 7100 | Pedals | FB.3797 | Clutch Pedal held up. Remainder to LOP. | Not yet decided. | F.CD.1169 Clutch pedal altered.| | 7130 | Dashboard & Fittings | FB.4060 | To LOP. | Not yet decided. (Strikethrough) To LOP. | No change. | | ||