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).
List of modifications for car 38-EX as it enters the Fitting Shop.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 96\3\ scan0143 | |
| Date | 6th January 1937 | |
| #42.360 HPS.{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} from Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Gry.{Shadwell Grylls} Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Gry{Shadwell Grylls}6/R.6.1.37. 38-EX. This car is now going into the Fitting Shop. Will you please carry out the following modifications:- (1) Replace the front springs with production type. (2) Fit a new roll in the steering box, the present one has tight places. (3) Remove as much slack from the gearbox as possible and screw thread on the top and third gear cones. (4) Fit the swaged welded tube propeller shaft. (5) Clutch with wider facings. (6) Petrol pumps supplied by JBD.{John B. Dixon - Fuel Systems} (7) If parts are available fit an engine coupling of 3 blades of N.Sch. 4908; in any case, the whole assembly to be balanced on the production rig. (8) Connect up car heater. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Gry.{Shadwell Grylls} | ||