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 Messrs. Hallam, Sleigh & Cheston Ltd. requesting a sketch of a spring device for bonnet hinges.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 119\4\ scan0110 | |
| Date | 3rd September 1938 | |
| Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Std.6/MH.{M. Huckerby} Messrs. Hallam, Sleigh & Cheston Ltd., Widney Works, Bagot Street, BIRMINGHAM, 4. 3rd. September 1938. 102b For the attention of Mr.Booth. Dear Sirs, When the writer was at your Works some time ago, Mr.Booth mentioned a spring device being tried on Wolseley separate top bonnets fitted with Widney hinges, this device being to cause the top plates to open slightly as soon as the catch was released. Could you please let us have a sketch (or details if such exist) of this scheme by return, if possible, as we wish to consider incorporating it on the Widney hinge bonnet of the type which you have supplied to us. Yours faithfully, for ROLLS-ROYCE LTD. | ||