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).
Inability to supply antimonial lead weights for Bentley Bumper Bars and outsourcing the quotation.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 118\2\ scan0309 | |
| Date | 12th November 1936 | |
| 1023 To Hd{Mr Hayward/Mr Huddy}/SB.{Mr Bull/Mr Bannister} from Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/FJH.{Fred J. Hardy - Chief Dev. Engineer} Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/FJH.{Fred J. Hardy - Chief Dev. Engineer}38/AP.12.11.36. BENTLEY BUMPER BAR Re your memo Hd{Mr Hayward/Mr Huddy}/SB.{Mr Bull/Mr Bannister}2/HR.10.11.36., we are not able to supply antimonial lead weights for Bumper Bars. We have sent the specification of the material to Roy.{Sir Henry Royce} and have asked him to obtain a quotation from Messrs. Wilmot Breedon. The material is 92% lead and 8% antimony. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/FJH.{Fred J. Hardy - Chief Dev. Engineer} | ||