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).
Requesting the manufacture of three B.III steering boxes in aluminium.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 100\2\ scan0080 | |
| Date | 8th November 1938 | |
| 450 HPS.{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} from Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/FJH.{Fred J. Hardy - Chief Dev. Engineer} Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/FJH{Fred J. Hardy - Chief Dev. Engineer}1/R.8.11.38. B.III STEERING BOX. Will you please make 3 B.III steering boxes FB.3733 in aluminium. We wish to fit one of these to the Continental B.III while another will be required for bump testing. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/FJH.{Fred J. Hardy - Chief Dev. Engineer} | ||