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).
Official order for coil springs from the English Steel Corporation.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 154a\2\ scan0051 | |
| Date | 15th March 1939 | |
| 1305 & 8H6 To Roy{Sir Henry Royce}/Ms, from Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/FWK. c. to G/JWH. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/FWK.2/JH.15.3.39. Coil Spring B.50. Will you please send an official order to the English Steel Corporation, Sheffield for two pairs of front only springs for the above chassis - poundage 850 lb. Static def ection 8". We have written E.S. advising them of details. O/N.52444. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/FWK. | ||