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).
Instruction to build all 8-cylinder engines with a flexible flywheel and 11' Long clutch.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 130\3\ scan0076 | |
| Date | 1st April 1939 | |
| 1110 & 1044 HPS.{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} from Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}3/R.1.4.39. Will you please build all 8-cylinder engines, until further notice, with a flexible flywheel and 11" Long clutch to Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}573. Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ||