The rebuild of a 25.G.VI gearbox with a new main shaft and bearings.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 8\11\ 11-page143 | |
| Date | 6th December 1938 | |
| 628 To HPS. {Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} from Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /FJH. {Fred J. Hardy - Chief Dev. Engineer} c. Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /Wym. {G. Harold Whyman - Experimental Manager} Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /FJH. {Fred J. Hardy - Chief Dev. Engineer} 1/MH. {M. Huckerby} 6.12.38. 25.G.VI GEARBOX. The above gearbox is at present removed from the car and in the shop for examination of the 1st. M. {Mr Moon / Mr Moore} shaft. Will you please rebuild with a 1st. M. {Mr Moon / Mr Moore} shaft PD.310 in S/ZNX as now being dyno tested and one of the Ransome & Marles DMJT.40.J bearings in the shop. Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /FJH. {Fred J. Hardy - Chief Dev. 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).