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).
Request to test the propeller shaft for the 21-EX car for oil retention before being fitted.
Identifier | ExFiles\Box 15\4\ Scan029 | |
Date | 19th April 1929 | |
X7340 To RHC.{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} from Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/RmL/LG19.4.29. 21-EX CAR. X4549 We wish to have the propeller shaft for the 21-EX erected with Heldtite in the same way as the shafts we have been testing and we should like it to be handed over to us to run on the rig in order to prove its oil retaining capacity before it is fitted to the car. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ||