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).
Confirming verbal instructions for fitting clutches to car 23-EX and a test bed engine.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 13\7\ 07-page066 | |
| Date | 15th August 1930 | |
| To RHC.{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} From Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/GWH.{George W. Hancock - Head Chateauroux} X7480. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/GWH.{George W. Hancock - Head Chateauroux}1/W.15.8.30. CLUTCHES - PHANTOM. X.7480. X.7305. To confirm verbal instructions. We should like 23-EX. fitting up with a Std. clutch, using the pressure driving, and back plate that was last tested on the test bed engine marked 900 tests. The test bed engine clutch to be changed from a Std. clutch to one with the fabric on the driven plate using cast iron pressure and back plate circular, woven fabric to be used. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/GWH.{George W. Hancock - Head Chateauroux} | ||