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).
Request to manufacture and fit engine sideguards to car 35-EX before it goes to France.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 92\3\ scan0076 | |
| Date | 20th January 1937 | |
| To HPS.{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} from Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Std. J 300a Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Std.19/AP.20.1.37. Engine Sideguards for 35-EX. We recently requested you to make up some sideguards for 39-EX. copied from a mock-up which we have fitted to 37-EX. Sg.{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} is anxious for guards which do not restrict the airflow from under the bonnet to be fitted to 35-EX. before it goes to France. Will you therefore make a set of guards as instructed for 39-EX. and fit same to 35-EX. before it goes away. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Std. | ||