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).
Proposal to fit an aluminium casting to prevent hot air and gases from leaking into the car body via the change speed gate.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 69\3\ scan0308 | |
| Date | 20th August 1925 | |
| To R.{Sir Henry Royce} from Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} c. to CJ. BJ. c. to RG.{Mr Rowledge} E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} c. to DA.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design} BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} c. to Wor.{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} X8770 Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}4/LG20. 8. 25. IMPROVED EAC. WITH SUBFRAME. X8320 On EAC. cars fitted with the new change speed and brake levers to allow for the subframe, there is a large aperature through the change speed gate leading into the inside of the frame which allows hot air and gases to leak into the body. We suggest that we ought to have an aluminium casting fitted so that this cannot occur. Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} | ||