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 internal memo requesting the preparation of a new side steering tube for model 8.B.V.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 97\5\ scan0095 | |
| Date | 24th February 1939 | |
| Hook' To HPS.{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} from Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/FJH.{Fred J. Hardy - Chief Dev. Engineer} Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/FJH.{Fred J. Hardy - Chief Dev. Engineer}4/MH.{M. Huckerby}24.2.39. 8.B.V. SIDE STEERING TUBE. We wish to send out to 8.B.V. a side steering tube with the Wraith type rear end joint as on the tube you have just modified for 9.B.V. Will you please prepare a new tube as on 9.B.V. We believe that you have all the necessary parts in the shop, apart from the springs. We are not yet able to specify these but as it will only involve shortening existing standard parts and fitting distance pieces they can be fitted at the last moment. This is urgent as we have held up B.V. production side steering tubes. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/FJH.{Fred J. Hardy - Chief Dev. Engineer} | ||