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).
Concluding that new type clips are not necessary for attaching the jacking pipe to new rear springs after a 15,000-mile test.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 95\2\ scan0229 | |
| Date | 10th September 1937 | |
| 346 By.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} from Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Les.{Ivan A. Leslie} c. RHC.{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Les.2/AP.10.9.37 Ph.III. Rear Springs F.89566/7 Re RHC{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer}/SB.{Mr Bull/Mr Bannister}1/LS.6.9.37. We have examined the standard clips used on the 15,000 mile test for attaching the jacking pipe to the new rear springs on 35-EX. and agree with RHC.{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} that there is no neccessity for the new type clips. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Les.{Ivan A. Leslie} | ||