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).
Letter to Wilmot-Breeden Ltd. regarding issues with headlamp brackets, steering wheel dies, and a golf bag carrier design.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 117\4\ scan0162 | |
| Date | 19th September 1941 | |
| 1021 19th September, 1941. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/EAG.1/RH.{R. Hollingworth} Messrs. Wilmot-Breeden Ltd., Eastern Works, Camden Street, BIRMINGHAM. Attention Mr.Spicer. Dear Mr. Spicer, Headlamp Brackets As arranged over the telephone this morning, we are sending you under separate cover, a template for the Myth headlamp brackets. We find that the pair of brackets that we have here is not correct to drawing. This applies particularly to the profile; the socket is not quite correct, but as there is adjustment on the headlamp, we think that this can be over-come. We are not returning the brackets that we have here, as we understood on the telephone this morning that you would have the two you have at your works corrected, and that you would take these back with you when you next come to see us. Steering Wheel Regarding dies for the steering wheel. I told Mr. Robotham that temporary dies for this job would be unsatisfactory and that to make some suitable would cost £300.0.0. At the present moment he does not consider it necessary to make tools until after a sample has been produced. He has discussed the matter with Mr.Evernden and has come to some arrangement. Up to the present, I have been unable to contact Mr.Evernden as he is away, but I will do so when he return and either he or I will write to you again on the matter. Golf Bag Carrier. Mr. Robotham has seen the sketches which you left with us and favours the one with the ends which fold flat when not in use. He thinks that straps should be permanently attached, which should not be visible when the ends are folded down. He suggests that it might be possible for them to be rolled on to a spring loaded spool or something of that nature. We can probably -Over- | ||