Examining a Minx gearbox from a 14 HP Hillman chassis for potential use in the Silver Ripple.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 136\2\ scan0388 | |
| Date | 25th February 1944 | |
| 1153 Chassis general gearbox To: Wym. {G. Harold Whyman - Experimental Manager} from Rm. {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} Rm. {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} 3/h. 25.2.44. c. to Ev. {Ivan Evernden - coachwork} c. to FJH. {Fred J. Hardy - Chief Dev. Engineer} c. to Ev {Ivan Evernden - coachwork} /Tln. MINX GEAR BOX in 14 h.p. HILLMAN CHASSIS. With reference to Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Dd. 7/JT. 22.2.44. Dodd tells me that the box in our 14 h.p. car is of the latest type. As circumstances permit, we should remove this box from this car and strip it so that the Design Department can examine it and see what has been done to make it stand up. This information will be invaluable if ever the Myth gearbox is fitted to the Silver Ripple(Small prototype with 3.5 litre 6-cylinder engine). Rm. {William Robotham - Chief 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).