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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).
The allocation of new senior range gearboxes to various chassis.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 136\2\  scan0273
Date  14th May 1940
  
File 1153

To HPS{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr}/RH{R. Hollingworth} from Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/FJH.{Fred J. Hardy - Chief Dev. Engineer}

Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/FJH.{Fred J. Hardy - Chief Dev. Engineer}8/JMc.14.5.40.

Senior Range Gearboxes.

Re your memo HPS{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr}/CP.5/SW.30.4.40.

The new senior boxes are allocated to chassis as follows:-

30.G.V11
31.G.V11
33.G.V11
4.B.50
11.B.V
2.RT.11

1 spare for use with the alum 8 cyl. unit in new chassis.

You will see that we are unable to allocate a new box to 1.R.1. so that it will be necessary to machine the old type clutch casing.

Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/FJH.{Fred J. Hardy - Chief Dev. Engineer}
  
  


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