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).
Summary of bearing orders, dispatches, and enquiries for the month of November.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 115\5\ scan0224 | |
| Date | 5th December 1938 | |
| Summary for November of Bearing Orders and Progress. Order List. Bristol 52 small bushes. Birmingham & Midland Omnibus Company 78 pairs. Citroen 12 pairs big ends F.O.C. De Havilland 8 pairs. Trial set. Dennis 21 pairs E.R.A. (20 bushes (12 pairs H.D.A. 114 bushes. Leyland Motors. 2,835 pairs. Lister 6 bushes Morris Commercial 13 pairs. Trial set. Napier 14 pairs}Trial set. 3 bushes) Perkins Diesels 12 pairs. Ricardo 6 pairs. Ruston & Hornsby 4 pairs. Saurer 33 pairs. Scammel K 6 pairs. Trial set. Thornycroft 30 pairs. Bearings dispatched. Dennis 6 pairs. Leyland Motors 238 pairs. Morris Commercial 4 pairs. Trial set. Napier 6 bushes. Enquiries received. Lister 1,000 bushes. Ruston & Hornsby 2 bushes.& 3 pairs. Nuffield Mechanization 650 pairs. Singer 100 sets. The first half of the month our progress was held up by composition of metal being incorrect. We re-started casting 15.11.38 after decisions had been made at Derby between R.R. H.D.A. and ourselves. W. Maynard 5.12.38 | ||