Delay to the 25 HP experimental car 18-S4 due to fitting an improved synchro-mesh gearbox.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 5a\1\ 01-page211 | |
| Date | 2nd September 1931 | |
| To Sg. {Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} From Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} c. to R. {Sir Henry Royce} Nor. c. to E. {Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} Dc. c. to By. {R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} FW. 85770 Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} 2/WJ.2.9.31. 25 HP. CAR. Replying to Sg. {Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} 15/K.1.9.31. The Expl. car 18-S4 which is being prepared with the improved performance and smoothness, will also have fitted to it the synchro mesh type gearbox. This will mean one or two alterations to the chassis and therefore it will be a few days longer than we first anticipated before this car will be ready. Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} | ||
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).