Outstanding items and delays for chassis 33 G.VII.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 119\4\ scan0251 | |
| Date | 22th August 1939 | |
| 1025- To Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} , from HPS {Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} /WSC. {W. S. Cassel} c.c. [illegible] HPS {Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} /WSC. {W. S. Cassel} 2/PC.22.8.39. 33 G.VII (Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} 's Special) You will appreciate that we are endeavouring to get this chassis away today, Tuesday to the Coachbuilders complete. Our efforts would appear in vain, since fresh instructions keep coming in as follows :- 1. Battery Box Suspension - FCD 1441 - details received Saturday 19th. at noon. [handwritten annotation around FCD 1441: Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} ] 2. Bonnet Eye on Dashboard - scheme and details have not yet been received ; these are necessary. [handwritten: Details available today] 3. Rear Shock Damper Connecting Link - scheme and details have not yet been received. [handwritten: Details available today] 4. Rear Frame Extension to suit new Rear Bumper - details received Monday afternoon. 5. Headlamps and fittings - detail drawings received 18.8.39. 6. Modification to Side Spare Wheel Carrier - no details yet received. [handwritten: Details available today] We would appreciate an effort to get these details cleared as quickly as possible. [handwritten note, bottom left:] Some of the delay is due to Eng/NS {Norman Scott} joining for holiday Ja HPS {Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} /RH. {R. Hollingworth} [handwritten signature, bottom right:] R.Hollingworth | ||
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).