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).
Agreeing to a suggestion for using cross steering ball joints on the Wraith model, pending design department approval.
Identifier | ExFiles\Box 153\2\ scan0342 | |
Date | 28th June 1937 | |
To HPS{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr}/RH.{R. Hollingworth} from Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/FJH.{Fred J. Hardy - Chief Dev. Engineer} c. By.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} c. E/Da.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design} c. E/Ev.{Ivan Evernden - coachwork} c. HPS.{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} 1300 Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/FJH.{Fred J. Hardy - Chief Dev. Engineer}1/AP.28.6.37 CROSS STEERING BALL JOINTS. We agree to the suggestion in your memo HPS{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr}/RH.{R. Hollingworth}1/VS.{J. Vickers} 22.6.37, subject, in the case of the Wraith, to this type of joint receiving the approval of the Design Dept. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/FJH.{Fred J. Hardy - Chief Dev. Engineer} | ||