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).
List confirming instructions received from Derby for seventeen different vehicle sections and components.
Identifier | ExFiles\Box 178\3\ img224 | |
Date | 13th June 1922 | |
ORIGINAL FROM EA. C. to SC. MOH- C. to HY.{Tom Haldenby - Plant Engineer} BS.{A J. Barnes - Assistant Manager} & TO. BENEPULT, X X DAL/M13.6.22. X+S53. We believe that Derby have received from us instructions for the following sections: (1) Frame side members, dumb irons, spring brackets and shackles, crossmembers 1., 2., battery, 3., and front, step irons, wing stays, and body brackets. (2) Bonnet (for Derby to set out.) (3) Petrol tank and fittings, and filler height (Peregrine.) (4) Battery and box (Peregrine.) (5) Rear axle box and axle tubes, brake drums and hubs. (Modified shoes and brake count rebaits are outstanding. also modifications for Rudge-Whitworth wheels)(Peregrine.) (6) Front axle, brakes, and wheel hubs (except for R-W. wheels.) (7) Cross steering tube (Peregrine.) (8) Head lamp brackets. (9) Clutch. (10) Prop: shaft and universal joints (Peregrine.) (11) Steering column and box. (Peregrine.) (12) Exhaust swan-neck (Peregrine.) (13) Scuttle isolation. (14) Two experimental bodies. (15) Dummy chassis, bonnet, and radiator. (16) Front springs and fittings. (17) Rear springs and fittings. (1) | ||