Request for a covering order for a Warner Gear overdrive unit and a Chrysler gearbox.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 137\5\ scan0121 | |
| Date | 26th October 1938 | |
| To Roy. {Mr H. Royce - Buyer} from Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /Gry. {Shadwell Grylls} c. G {Mr Griffiths - Chief Accountant / Mr Gnapp} /JWH. 1154 Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /Gry. {Shadwell Grylls} 5/MH. {M. Huckerby} 26.10.38. While Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /LS. was in America he ordered from the Warner Gear Division one of their new controllable overdrive units. We have now cabled to them to send, in addition, a Chrysler gearbox and gear shift mechanism. Will you please send them a covering order for the whole of this. Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /Gry. {Shadwell Grylls} | ||
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).