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).
Instruction to fit a Newton clutch plate and stiff axle pieces to car 36-EX.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 93\3\ scan0237 | |
| Date | 7th January 1937 | |
| To HPS.{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Smth.1/JH.7.1.37. 36-EX. We are sending this car into the shop. Will you please fit the Newton Clutch plate and also the stiff axle pieces removed from 37-EX, after modifying the half shafts to Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}289 attached. The clutch plate will require a .070 thick packing ring between the flywheel and cover. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Smth. | ||