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 a request to fit a new ribbed clutch casing to a chassis for a 10,000-mile test.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 111\3\ scan0125 | |
| Date | 14th August 1939 | |
| 8006, ɣ 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}4/MH.{M. Huckerby}14.8.39. 3.B.50 GEARBOX. This is to confirm that we have asked you to fit one of the latest ribbed clutch casings to the above chassis for 10,000 mile test. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/FJH.{Fred J. Hardy - Chief Dev. Engineer} | ||