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).
Internal instruction memo detailing a list of parts to be fitted to chassis 5-B-IV.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 83\1\ scan0041 | |
| Date | 18th September 1935 | |
| To RHC.{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} x200 a Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Gry.{Shadwell Grylls}26/KW.18.9.35. 5-B-IV. Will you please fit the following further parts to this chassis. (1) The exhaust system off 5-B-IV (this cancels previous instructions). (2) Crankcase bottom half in magnesium. (3) Brake drums to Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}2144/5. Modified steering levers to suit will follow very shortly. (4) Anti-rattle radiator shutters, Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Std.4/KW.14.9.35. (5) Lightened fan supplied by Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Std. (6) Send out standard road springs with the car for fitting in France. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Gry.{Shadwell Grylls} | ||