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).
Modification to the Rear Axle Spring Plate after a design failure on a car that crossed Africa.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 95\4\ scan0089 | |
| Date | 14th April 1937 | |
| 342 Byg is putting this on production. BY: c. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Les.{Ivan A. Leslie} HPS.{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} E/JNR.{Charles L. Jenner}2/HP.14.4.37. Rear Axle Spring Plate. We send you herewith:- LeC.5622 showing a bigger bolt fitted to the clamp which holds in position the double ended ball pin. We understand that the existing design failed on the car which crossed the African Continent. E/JNR.{Charles L. Jenner} | ||