Departmental memo regarding modifications to increase a customer's car clearance by possibly fitting a smaller flywheel and larger wheels.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 8\4\ 04-page062 | |
| Date | 3rd September 1912 | |
| ROLLS-ROYCE LIMITED, 14-15, CONDUIT STREET, LONDON, W. TELEGRAMS: "ROLHEAD(Rolls-Royce telegram address) REG." LONDON. TELEPHONES: 1654, 1655, 1656 GERRARD. R.R. 476 (150 H) (LL 27. 27.7.12.) C16/P3912. DEPARTMENTAL MEMO. This column is for Name of Person addressed. DATE. Re Whittington's Car 1872. S. to W. 3.9.12. I return you all the papers herewith, and you will notice Mr. Johnson has written on the front that he agrees that 5" is not enough, and he wishes you to let me know what you advise should be done to the car to give more clearance than it has, so that I may tell Mr. Whittington. Do you think it would be advisable to put on smaller flywheel and in addition larger wheels? W. Cowen. encl. [Stamped: 3 SEP 1912] [Stamped: 4 SEP 1912] [Handwritten: B 4/9/12] This sheet must be filed with the correspondence to which it refers. | ||
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).