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).
Examining new weights and studs for a bumper bar and questioning the lack of a locking mechanism.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 118\2\ scan0290 | |
| Date | 4th September 1936 | |
| HOTEL DE FRANCE. CHATEAUROUX. Indre. France. GWH{George W. Hancock - Head Chateauroux}/5/IMW{Ivan M. Waller - Head of Chateauroux}/JAB. 4th September 1936. To. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} c.to G.W.H. 6. B. IV. Re. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/FJH.{Fred J. Hardy - Chief Dev. Engineer}22/KW.26.8.36. We have examined the new weights and studs and nuts for the bumper bar of 6.B.IV. The weights appear to be intended to be retained on the studs by means of the chromium plated caps. We can see no means of locking these on the studs. We should like your observations, & assurance that the weights will not come adrift on the road, before fitting same. ------------ GWH{George W. Hancock - Head Chateauroux}/IMW.{Ivan M. Waller - Head of Chateauroux} | ||