Instruction to build all 8-cylinder engines with a flexible flywheel and 11' Long clutch until further notice.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 124\1\ scan0065 | |
| Date | 1st April 1939 | |
| 10HH + 1110 HPS. {Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} from Rm. {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} 3/R.1.4.39. Will you please build all 8-cylinder engines, until further notice, with a flexible flywheel and 11" Long clutch to Rm. {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} 573. 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).