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).
List of components for a trials car intended for the American Company.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 78\1\ scan0292 | |
| Date | 1st March 1930 | |
| X 3653. Extract from EP{G. Eric Platford - Chief Quality Engineer}7F4.3.30. X.3719. RE TRIALS CAR FOR THE AMERICAN COMPANY. We shall have no difficulty in fixing on this car the following:- X.3612. X.3481b. (a) Rear axle fitted with Gleason type skew gears, the axle being made suitable for fixing rear shock absorbers. X.1208. (b) Present standard split rear springs suitable for fixing shock absorbers. X.3481. (c) Petrol tank suitable for fixing rear shock absorbers. X.3731. (d) Latest type modified design of split aluminium pistons. X.3920. (e) Strengthened type pendulum steering lever. X.2785b. (f) Present type standard design of Glover wiring (i.e. large diameter cables.) X.3653. (g) Standard blanking plates to radiator. | ||