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 instruction to load a chassis to check the clearance of an asbestos-lagged swan neck.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 36\3\ scan 004 | |
| Date | 4th May 1914 | |
| R.R. 300 (6 s) (V.V. 696. 16.3.14) E.P. 6202. X3003 22411 ROLLS-ROYCE LIMITED. INSTRUCTIONS. To: Mr. Matthews (Strikethrough) Order Dept Ja Wspr. Chassis: Chassis. Order No. Customer's No. 58 N.A. Re: Asbestos Lagged Swan Neck. Date: 4th May 1914 (Stamped: RECEIVED 4 MAY 1914) With reference to the lagged swan neck on the above chassis, will you kindly arrange to have the chassis loaded up until the frame fouls the buffers, so that we may see if the asbestos sanding is clear of the axle when the frame is in the beforementioned position. URGENT. LAGGED SWAN NECK. (58. N.A.) Signed: P.A. Dalla This Sheet must be filed on completion of the work. Left Margin Note: X477 | ||