Despatch and testing of Rustless Chassis Springs from supplier Jonas Woodhead & Sons Ltd.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 42\3\ Scan134 | |
| Date | 15th February 1921 | |
| By. {R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} from Wd. {Mr Wood / Mr Whitehead} c. to De. c. to Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} c. to MD/Dm. {D. Munro} X3854 Rustless Chassis Springs. Further to mine Wd {Mr Wood / Mr Whitehead} 2/NJ21.10.20, we are this morning in receipt of a letter from Jonas Woodhead & Sons ltd. dated 14th inst. as follows:- "We beg to inform you that we have despatched by "Passenger Train today 2 - 1100 lbs. and 2 - 1150 lbs. "Galvanized Front Springs, as arranged with Mr. Woodhead "some time ago. "The arrangement was that you should test one pair "of these to destruction on your Bumping Test, and that "one of the others should be fitted to the Car without "paint, and the other one painted. "We shall be very much interested to know what "your opinion is of these Springs when you have completed "your test." Will you be good enough to let me have your assurance that the tests proposed by Woodheads will be forthwith carried out. [Watermark: MADE AT CROXLEY] Wd. {Mr Wood / Mr Whitehead} | ||
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).