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).
Requesting the nickel plating of cones and fitting of narrow cones to a Phantom III gearbox from car 33-EX.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 94\1\ scan0252 | |
| Date | 7th December 1935 | |
| To RHC.{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} c. to W. Bell. 7328 Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Smth.10/KW. 7.12.35. Phantom III Gearbox. The original gearbox out of 33-EX is at present in the shop. We wish to use this as a second rig gearbox. Will you please nickel plate the cones as you did in the gearbox which W. Bell is running. He will then be able to continue with his bedding experiments without delay when his present box fails. If possible, we should like to get the narrow cones instructed in Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Smth.19/KW. 2.12.35 into this box as well. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Smth. | ||