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).
Delay in testing rubber shackles on a model 32-EX due to the manufacturing schedule of springs by a supplier.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 91\1\ scan0241 | |
| Date | 8th April 1936 | |
| To Sg.{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} c. to Wor.{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} c. to E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} X300a 12 Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Gry.{Shadwell Grylls}28/KW.8.4.36. Rubber Shackles on 10,000 miles Ph.III. We visited Firth's yesterday to see them about the manufacture of suitable springs for testing out the rubber shackle at the front of the rear road springs on 32-EX. Their earliest promise for delivery meant a fortnight's working time on the springs; in view of the fact therefore that these are to be fitted to 32-EX, the tests on the rubber shackles cannot start until about 4 days after receiving the springs. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Gry.{Shadwell Grylls} | ||