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).
Letter from the Managing Director stating a preference for pressing over die-casting for pistons.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 148\1\ scan0323 | |
| Date | 9th May 1941 | |
| JH/KES - 2 - 9th May, 1941. I should be all for the cheaper form of pressing in preference to a die-casting from our experience and we are producing over 10,000 die-cast pistons per week. For a job for which I wanted 100% reliability and I knew the cost of dismantling and reassembling would be considerable, I would vote solid for pressings. Trusting you are keeping fit and well and that one of these days when you have the time, you will come down and see us, Believe me, Yours sincerely, [Signature] Managing Director. | ||