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 fit an overdrive gearbox and a set of 10 x 43 axle gears.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 82\5\ scan0208 | |
| Date | 25th January 1938 | |
| To HPS.{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} 200A Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/PD.1/JH.25.1.38. 3.B.4. Will you please have the overdrive gearbox fitted to the above car when ready, also will you please arrange to fit a set of 10 x 43 axle gears at the same time. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/FD.{Frank Dodd - Bodies} | ||