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 scrapping of 3.5 Litre High Compression Head castings and the lead time for new ones.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 86\1\ scan0208 | |
| Date | 7th August 1936 | |
| ✓ 219 Bly.{B. W. Bleaney - Bentley Sales} From Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}17/MJ.7.8.36. With reference to our conversation on the telephone today, I find that all the 3½ Litre High Compression Head castings were scrapped last stock-taking. It will take three days to get a new casting and at least about a fortnight or three weeks to machine the head. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ||