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 Hardy Spicer & Co. Ltd. regarding the replacement of a wide-angle joint with a standard 1550 type joint.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 148\4\ scan0103 | |
| Date | 5th January 1939 | |
| 1262 c. By/CRL.{C. R. Lisson} c. HPS{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr}/WSC.{W. S. Cassel} c. Roy{Sir Henry Royce}/FS.{F. Steele} Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Gry.{Shadwell Grylls}2/MH.{M. Huckerby} 5th. January 1939. Messrs. Hardy Spicer & Co. Ltd., Birch Road, Witton, BIRMINGHAM, 6. For the attention of Mr.T.F.Green. Dear Sirs, returned to Roy{Sir Henry Royce}/FS.{F. Steele} Thank you for your letter of January 2nd. We agree with you that the wide angle joint at the very front end is entirely unnecessary. It was put in on the drawing so as to use the same fork as is required in the rearmost joint, it is therefore quite in order to fit your standard 1550 type joint at the front end. If you will send us a drawing of a fixed joint of this size coupled to a 2" tube we will amend our tracing and send you a new set of prints. Yours faithfully, for ROLLS-ROYCE LTD. | ||