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).
Request to create a drawing for a modified case (FB.4717) for B.V. Front Shock Dampers to accommodate rubber glands.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 99\3\ scan0127 | |
| Date | 6th March 1939 | |
| 442 To By/Ald.{F. Allwood - Experimental Design} from Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Clm.{D. D. Clapham} Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Clm.{D. D. Clapham}7/JH.6.3.39. B.V. Front Shock Dampers. We are anxious to try the original rubber glands again on these dampers sowill you please make a drawing of the case FB.4717, modified to take the glands. Two cases are required in cast iron, and two in aluminium. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Clm.{D. D. Clapham} | ||