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).
Proposed cable detailing the dispatch schedule for parts to accelerate production for the American branch.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 18\6\ Scan173 | |
| Date | 30th August 1920 | |
| PROPOSED CABLE TO ROLLS ROYCE AMERICA Inc, TO SETTLE POLICY IN VIEW OF ACCELERATED PRODUCTION DATE. REFERENCE CABLES 126, 127 AND 128 WORKS COMMITTEE HAVE ALWAYS GIVEN SAME CONSIDERATION TO AMERICA AS DERBY AND THEIR ATTITUDE WAS DETERMINED BY THIS FACTOR stop IN REGARD TO ACCELERATING PRODUCTION FOLLOWING REPRESENTS POSITION stop FRONT SPRINGS 60 PAIRS DESPATCHED DURING SEPTEMBER stop REAR SPRINGS THESE MUST BE SMALL NUMBER OF THICK LEAVES DESIGN WILL DESPATCH 30 PAIRS OF REAR SPRINGS ON ......... AND FURTHER 30 ON ........ stop MAGNETOS WATFORD MAGNETO ONLY POSSIBLE TYPE WILL DESPATCH 60 ON ........ stop DYNAMOS AND SWITCHBOX WITH CUTOUT MUST BE LUCAS TYPE DESPATCH TEN SETS AT ONCE OUT OF STOCK TEN MORE EVERY FORTNIGHT stop JUNCTION BOX WILL DESPATCH TEN BOXES AT ONCE AND TEN MORE EVERY FORTNIGHT stop STARTER MOTOR WILL DESPATCH SIX SETS ON SEPTEMBER 18 EIGHT MORE OCTOBER 6. NINE MORE OCTOBER 16 TEN MORE OCTOBER 30 AFTERWARDS WILL SUPPLY TEN SETS PER FORTNIGHT stop THERMOSTAT AGREE CANNOT PRODUCE THIS ITEM TO ACCELERATED PRODUCTION DATE stop THERMOMETER MUST USE CAMBRIDGE INSTRUMENT AS DERBY SUFFICIENT SUPPLIES WILL BE DESPATCHED AT ONCE stop AGREE PRODUCE 100 SETS TOP WATER CONNECTIONS TO PRESENT DESIGN stop PETROL TANK THIS MUST BE PRESENT STANDARD TYPE WITHOUT FITTINGS SPECIALLY CALLED FOR BY AMERICA | ||