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Note on the delay of the 15,000-mile smaller wheels test for car 21-G-IV due to the fitting of a new hypoid rear axle.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 101\4\  scan0030
Date  26th April 1935
  
W/S {Derby Works / Sales} - C.
X500a
Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Rm. {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} 12/KW.26.4.35.

15,000 Miles test with the Smaller Wheels;
21-G-IV.
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During Sg {Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} 's last visit to Derby it was decided to fit a hypoid rear axle to this car. As this necessitates a new axle it will delay the departure of the car for several weeks.

Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Rm. {William Robotham - Chief Engineer}
  
  
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).


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