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Report logging transmission failures, separated into 'Driver Dogs' and 'Road Shafts' categories.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 156\4\  scan0074
Date  5th July 1937
  
Transmission Failures. 5.7.37

DRIVER DOGS. ROAD SHAFTS.

5.4.36. B.58.DG. Headlam O {Mr Oldham} /S ? R 25.10.36. B.189.BL.Franklin O {Mr Oldham} /S ?H
16.4.37. B182.EF Wilson " ? H 23.4.37. B.35.BL. Beecham " L.
8.5.37. B.74.HK {Col. T. Harker - Sales} Harvey " ? H 28.6.37. B.189.BL. Franklin N/S ?H
8.6.37. B.65.JY. Smiley N/S ? 3.7.37. B.71.BN. {W.O. Bentley / Mr Barrington} Baker " ?
15.6.37. B.138.CR. {Mr Cra’ster / Mr Chichester} Papellian O {Mr Oldham} /S H 29.7.37. B.192.HK. {Col. T. Harker - Sales} Groom " ?H
24.7.37. B.102.GA.Fraser Nash O {Mr Oldham} /S ? H

H = High speed driver
R = Rough driver.
L = Lady driver.
Underlined are 4 1/4-litre chassis.
  
  
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).


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