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).
Request for antimonial lead weights for Wilmot-Breeden bumpers on Bentley Chassis to fix an issue with existing weights coming loose.
Identifier | ExFiles\Box 118\2\ scan0331 | |
Date | 14th December 1936 | |
Royce c to Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} 1023 Hd{Mr Hayward/Mr Huddy}/SB{Mr Bull/Mr Bannister}18/HR.14.12.36. F.J.H. We shall have to get a small supply of those cols for Repair dept. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} re WILMOT-BREEDEN BUMPERS Bentley Chassis. Further to our Hd{Mr Hayward/Mr Huddy}/SB{Mr Bull/Mr Bannister}5/HR.19.11.36., we are urgently requiring a supply of antimonial lead weights for Wilmot-Breeden bumpers in order to overcome serious complaints of the existing lead weights coming loose. We have several complaint cases which have now been waiting five or six weeks. Hd{Mr Hayward/Mr Huddy}/SB.{Mr Bull/Mr Bannister} | ||