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).
Cracked crankshaft for an eight-cylinder engine and the possibility of its repair due to a shortage of parts.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 132\2\ scan0221 | |
| Date | 11th August 1941 | |
| To By.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} from Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} 1116 Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}12/ET.11.8.41. EIGHT CYLINDER CRACKED CRANKSHAFT. ------------------------------- I cannot trace having received any report from you re- garding the cracked crankshaft. If it is only skin deep, perhaps we might grind a flat in the journal and use the shaft, as we are so very short of finished machined pieces. Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ||