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).
Confirming the standardisation and reduction of tool kits, noting an exception for specific spanners.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 105\4\ scan0220 | |
| Date | 26th July 1930 | |
| x5580. BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} From Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}1/MJ. 26. 7. 30. x7580. x5580, REDUCTION OF TOOL KITS. The Standardisation for this has now been completed. The only exception to the agreed list is that Sales wish to retain the spanner for adjusting the steering column thrust race, and the spanner for the radiator water connections. We have agreed to this in order to get the matter settled. Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} | ||