Broken rear axle half shaft on a 1939 Austin 8 HP car.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 124\4\ scan0052 | |
| Date | 12th July 1943 | |
| ! Cars 1045 To Rm. {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} from Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /Wym {G. Harold Whyman - Experimental Manager} /C.Lee. c. to Ev. {Ivan Evernden - coachwork} c. to Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /Wym. {G. Harold Whyman - Experimental Manager} c. to Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /FJH. {Fred J. Hardy - Chief Dev. Engineer} Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /Wym {G. Harold Whyman - Experimental Manager} /C.Lee.4/OH. 12.7.43. [Handwritten initials: Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} ] AUSTIN 8 HP. - 1939 MODEL. Attached is a photograph showing broken half shaft (rear axle) as dismantled from our Austin 8 HP. car at a total mileage of 24,500 miles. Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /Wym {G. Harold Whyman - Experimental Manager} /C.Lee. [Signature] | ||
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).