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).
Requesting the production of various steel wheel balance weights for experimental cars.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 159\7\ scan0234 | |
| Date | 1st May 1939 | |
| 1375 To HPS.{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} from Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Gry.{Shadwell Grylls} Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Gry.{Shadwell Grylls}4/MH.{M. Huckerby}1.5.39. Herewith a sample of steel wheel balance weight which we shall want to use on production. We are investigating the pattern position but in the meantime require a large quantity of these weights for experimental cars. Can you, therefore, please make us 25 each of the following weights:- 1oz., 2 oz., 3 oz., and 4 oz. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Gry.{Shadwell Grylls} | ||