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).
Urgent request for a replacement valve spring for a No. 7 valve on a No. 4 cylinder.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 108\1\ scan0055 | |
| Date | 24th July 1937 | |
| [Handwritten in pencil] Peles 600a To. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} c. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Swdl.{Len H. Swindell} CHATEAUROUX. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/IMW{Ivan M. Waller - Head of Chateauroux}/4/JAB.24.7.37. U R G E N T. 26. G.{Mr Griffiths - Chief Accountant / Mr Gnapp} VI. Valve Springs. N° 7 Valve Spring (Exhaust N° 4 Cylinder) has broken. Will you please despatch a supply of spare valve springs per return. ------------ [Handwritten in red ink] We apparently have no springs made by the Tempered Spring Co for Wraith. Is this so? Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} [Typed] Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/IMW{Ivan M. Waller - Head of Chateauroux} | ||