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).
Letter to The Rover Company Ltd. regarding a Rover axle drawing and a special wheel bearing.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 127\2\ scan0096 | |
| Date | 24th April 1939 | |
| 1091 Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Gry{Shadwell Grylls}13/R.{Sir Henry Royce} 24th April, 1939. W.R. Boyle, Esq., The Rover Company Ltd., New Meteor Works, COVENTRY. Dear Boyle, Many thanks for sending the drawing of the Rover axle and particulars of the torque, etc. Are we right in thinking the wheel bearing is the special New Departure 88128, or, have you succeeded in making one of the English Manufacturers make you such a bearing ? Yours sincerely, | ||