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 fit an American-made Long clutch plate with Thermoid facings to chassis 5.B.IV.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 85\2\ scan0322 | |
| Date | 29th July 1937 | |
| HPS.{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} from Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/NRC.{N. R. Chandler} c. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/FD.{Frank Dodd - Bodies} 212 Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/NRC{N. R. Chandler}1/R.29.7.37. re: CHASSIS 5.B.IV. Please fit to the above car one clutch plate herewith. This is a Long plate of American manufacture, and fitted with Thermoid facings. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/NRC.{N. R. Chandler} | ||