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).
Incomplete set of bearings from Vandervells and instructions for ordering additional parts.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 115\2\ scan0461 | |
| Date | 5th May 1939 | |
| 1020 To Roy.{Sir Henry Royce} from Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Swdl.{Len H. Swindell} c. Roy{Sir Henry Royce}/Les.{Ivan A. Leslie} Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Swdl.{Len H. Swindell}3/MH.{M. Huckerby}5.5.39. Further to our memo Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Swdl.{Len H. Swindell}10/MH.{M. Huckerby}25.4.39 regarding bearings from Vandervells, we have received some bearings in accordance with item (3). These do not make up a complete set, there being 3 top half intermediate bearings short. Will you please order 3 such bearings to make up the set, mentioning that they are in Tri-metal for the 2.756 crank. In item (4) we instructed for 3 sets of main bearings in Tri-metal. Will you please add to this order 2 sets of similar main bearings but in Babbit material, together with the corresponding thrust washers. These have been verbally requested to the Vandervell representative, Mr. Johnson. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Swdl.{Len H. Swindell} | ||