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).
The standardization and production delay of sheet metal wing stays.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 67\1\ scan0264 | |
| Date | 6th May 1927 | |
| To R.{Sir Henry Royce} from Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} c. to BJ. LHS.{Lord Herbert Scott} c. to BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} DA{Bernard Day - Chassis Design}/EV.{Ivan Evernden - coachwork} f8390 z Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}2/LG6.5.27. RE. WING STAYS. The sheet metal wing stay similar to those fitted to 7-EX have been standardised. There has been a certain amount of delay in getting them on the cars because of the difficulty of obtaining agreement with the coachbuilders as regards what curvature they should be made. Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} | ||