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).
The acquisition and study of a competitor's Packard car for its dry plate clutch design.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 127\1\ scan0010 | |
| Date | 24th November 1911 | |
| R.R. 475 (50H) (W 930. 7.10.11) E.P. 198. ROLLS-ROYCE LIMITED, P. NIGHTINGALE ROAD, DERBY. TELEGRAMS: "ROYCAR," DERBY. TELEPHONES: 813 (Two Lines). DEPARTMENTAL MEMO. X435 This column is for Name of Person addressed. DATE. Mr Wormald 24.11.11. S23/B241111 Mrs Sherman's Packard car Kindly note, to Mr Johnson's instructions we are informed that this car is in part payment of an R-R.{Sir Henry Royce} car in order that 1st. you may examine it and study its design and manufacture 2nd. in order we might obtain through the owner of it one of the Packard Co's latest type plate clutches which runs dry. A.S. [STAMP: RECEIVED W.M. NOV 1911] AWB/B281111. Mr Platford. 28.11.11. At your convenience I shall be pleased to make arrangements for this car to be handed over to your experimental department. AW [STAMP: POSTED NOV 28 1911] [Handwritten note 1]: 29/11/11 Hives. Platford to note & get Packard chassis to test dept with motor on test bed. C.P. [Handwritten note 2]: This is what Body works were furnished with when report in. W. to send back. C.P. This sheet must be filed with the correspondence to which it refers. | ||