Instruction to replace a 'Rabestos' faced clutch plate with a 10' 'Thermoid' faced one.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 8\1\ 01-page50 | |
| Date | 12th January 1938 | |
| To HPS. {Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} from Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /WRC. c. Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /Wym. {G. Harold Whyman - Experimental Manager} 612. Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /WRC.8/WH.12.1.38. RE 28.G.VI. UNIT W.III NO.5. Next time the gear box of the above car is removed for any purpose, will you please fit a 10" Thermoid faced clutch plate in place of the one which now has "Rabestos" facing. Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /WRC. | ||
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).