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).
Requested modifications to a car's overdrive, propeller shaft, and engine stay.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 91\1\ scan0481 | |
| Date | 25th February 1937 | |
| r 300 HPS{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} from Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Smth. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Smth3/m.25.2.37. 37 EX. We are sending this car into the shop, will you please:- (1) Remove overdrive box and fit 8HS.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} (2) Fit high inertia prop. shaft damper. (3) Fit engine to gearbox stay. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Smth. | ||