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).
Production of 'Silver Ripple' frames and the need for associated tooling.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 113\5\ scan0162 | |
| Date | 26th February 1944 | |
| 1010 To: EH/Les.{Ivan A. Leslie} from Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}3/SW.26.2.44. SENIOR RANGE FRAMES. Herewith a drawing showing where the Silver Ripple frames differ from the B.V. We should like two of these frames making by John Thompsons as soon as possible if this can be done without destroying the tools. You can tell them that we have a Board of Trade permit, if they query the legality of making the bits. I am particularly anxious that we should have tools available for making the 10' 4" and the 11' 1" wheelbase frames immediately after the War, and in any case I think the Silver Ripple frames will ultimately be made out of a separate set of tools, as they will have to be produced in considerable quantities at a very low price. Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ||