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).
Letter to Briggs Motor Bodies Ltd. concerning the production of longer chassis frames and press die suitability.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 99\2\ scan0193 | |
| Date | 6th April 1938 | |
| 1010 . Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}2/R.{Sir Henry Royce} 6th April, 1938. N.H. Manning, Esq., Briggs Motor Bodies Limited, Dagenham, ESSEX. Dear Manning, With reference to the longer frame about which I wrote to you and your reply that the frame could not be fitted into your presses, do you think it would be a practical proposition to make the frame die suitable for the longer frame, and then have the bigger frames produced by arrangement with someone who has the necessary size of press ? We do know that we are at present getting frames of this size from Wolverhampton, so there are people in the country with big enough presses. It seems a pity to go to new dies for 6" increase in frame length. We anticipate that it may still be a few weeks before we shall be in a position to tell you to go ahead with the frame dies as we are still in the process of finalising our requirements. Yours sincerely, | ||