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).
Internal request to place an order for various rubber buffers with The British Tyre & Rubber Co.Ltd.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 138\1\ scan0230 | |
| Date | 11th March 1936 | |
| X1160 To Roy.{Sir Henry Royce} c. to G/Cam. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/FD.{Frank Dodd - Bodies}9/KW.11.3.36. G/Cam/CA.22/WP.6.3.36. Will you please pass an official order to The British Tyre & Rubber Co.Ltd., for the following :- £ s. d.{John DeLooze - Company Secretary} 12. Buffers - 1¼ x ½" x 3/8" hole. 9d. ea. 9. 0. 20. " - 1¼ x 5/8" x 3/8" hole. 1.0d. ea. 1. 0. 0. in Dur. hardness 35. 12. Buffers - 5/8 x 1¼"x 3/8" hole. 1.0d. ea. 12. 0. 6. " - ½ x 1¼"x 3/8" hole. 9d. ea. 4. 6. 12 " - ½ x 1¼"x 3/8" hole. 9d. ea. 9. 0. Dur. 70°. 24 " - 5/8 x 1¼"x 3/8" hole. 1.0d. ea. 1. 4. 0. Dur. 70°. O/No.54109. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/F.Dodd. | ||