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).
Inquiring if a lightened front crossmember modification is still to be fitted to chassis 5-B-IV.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 82\3\ scan0045 | |
| Date | 29th October 1934 | |
| To Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} from RHC{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer}/EM. RHC{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer}/EM.2/EP.{G. Eric Platford - Chief Quality Engineer}29.10.34 I-B-IV. We have been instructed to fit a Lightened Type Front Crossmember to the above chassis. This modification has also been instructed for 5-B-IV (10,000 miles trials). Will you let us know if it is intended this is still to be fitted to 5-B-IV. RHC{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer}/EM. | ||