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 request for S/Z pistons FB.3608 for B.V. Front Shock Dampers, with a note on preventing distortion during assembly.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 99\3\ scan0128 | |
| Date | 11th March 1939 | |
| 442. To HPS.{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/C1m.6/JH.11.3.39. B.V. Front Shock Dampers. We urgently require some S/Z pistons FB.3608 for these dampers as we want to put them on production, and none have come through yet. We wish to make sure they do not distort during assembly. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/C1m. | ||