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).
Request to manufacture gears for an Alfa-Romeo racing car for a Flight Lieutenant.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 124\5\ scan0133 | |
| Date | 15th April 1936 | |
| To Sg.{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} From Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} c. to Wor.{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} γ 1047 Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}2/MJ.15.4.36. Flt. Lieut. Staniland. When Flt. Lieut. Staniland came up the other day to see the Heinkel machine he asked me to make for him a pair of gears for his Alfa-Romeo racing car. Owing to the sanctions on Italy he cannot obtain any spares. I agreed that we would do this as they are not a very big job and I consider it is in our interest to keep friendly with Staniland because most of our Merlin business is tied up with Faireys. He expects to pay for the gears but I do not know whether you would consider it policy to let him have them free of charge. Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} | ||