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).
From 'R' about expediting the production of 100 sets from temporary patterns for cars sent to the front.
Identifier | ExFiles\Box 31\3\ Scan041 | |
Date | 23th May 1919 guessed | |
To By.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} from R.{Sir Henry Royce} 2. COPY R5/IB22715. put through now with all possible speed, and a number sent out to the front or wherever cars are likely to be troublesome during the coming winter. I am quite satisfied that 100 sets can be put in hand as soon as the first one has been made by hand from temporary patterns and castings. R.{Sir Henry Royce} | ||