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).
Urgent request to order an initial set of 1100 lbs front road springs for a Sports car type for 10,000-mile tests in France.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 67a\2\ scan0104 | |
| Date | 19th January 1928 | |
| To BY/HEB.{H. Biraben} from Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} X8410 Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}2/LG19.1.28. Will you please order initial set of front road springs of the Sports car type, 1100 lbs. strength. These are urgently required ax so that they can be sent to France (Chateauroux) in case we brake front springs running the 10,000 miles tests. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ||