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 from The Rover Company Ltd. discussing crankshaft drilling, bearings, and an experimental 20 HP car.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 116\1\ scan0133 | |
| Date | 2nd September 1937 | |
| TELEPHONE Nº 8081 (7 Lines) ALL COMMUNICATIONS TO BE ADDRESSED TO THE COMPANY AND NOT TO INDIVIDUALS London Service Depot. SEAGRAVE ROAD · FULHAM · LONDON · S·W·6. 1020. TELEGRAMS: ROVER, COVENTRY. B C M/ROVER. CODES: A.{Mr Adams} B. C. 5TH EDITION LIEBERS · MARCONI MOTOR TRADE · BENTLEY Contractors to H.{Arthur M. Hanbury - Head Complaints} M.{Mr Moon / Mr Moore} Government. THE ROVER COMPANY LTD Our Ref MCW/PM. NEW · METEOR · WORKS: COVENTRY Your Ref 2nd. September, 1937. W. A.{Mr Adams} Robotham Esq., Messrs. Rolls-Royce Ltd., DERBY. Dear Robotham, Many thanks for your letter and dope on big end bearings. Your suggested crankshaft drilling appears to me to be a little optimistic from a production point of view, in the matter of getting the various holes to meet. However, that is my opinion, and we are consulting the production people who might be quite happy about it. Thank you for the information about tappets. We will get in touch with you again if it seems really necessary to do anything in this direction. Your suggestion that you should have a 20 h.p. car with your bearing metal seems to be an excellent one, and we will go ahead and fix up our experimental 20 h.p. car in this way as soon as possible. We would propose to retain our present brinell figure on the crankshaft, but to alter the drilling and groove width as you require them. Cont'd... | ||