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Instructing the swapping of rear axles between experimental cars 33-EX and 36-EX.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 92\5\  scan0133
Date  14th June 1937
  
To HPS. {Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} from Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /NRC. {N. R. Chandler}
c. to Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /FD. {Frank Dodd - Bodies}

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Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /NRC. {N. R. Chandler} 8/AP.14.6.37

Re. 33-EX. and 36-EX.

Please remove the rear axle from 33-EX. and fit it to 36-EX, and fit the axle from 36-EX. to 33-EX. This will mean that 33-EX. will have stiffened axle shafts and 36-EX. will have standard or light axle shafts.

Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /NRC. {N. R. Chandler}
  
  
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).


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