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 swap a rear axle between two vehicles to test an extended pinion arrangement.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 84\4\ scan0127 | |
| Date | 25th November 1936 | |
| 202. HPS.{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} from Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Gry.{Shadwell Grylls} Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Gry{Shadwell Grylls}14/R.25.11.36. 1-B-IV & 6-B-IV. Further to Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/AFM.{Anthony F. Martindale}2/AP.25.11.36., when you remove the rear axle from 1-B-IV in order to fit Girling brake parts on 6-B-IV, will you please fit to 1-B-IV the complete rear axle with extended pinion shaft from 6-B-IV, together with its own short propeller shaft. This will save a considerable amount of fitting, and from our point of view will enable us to get more running on the extended pinion arrangement. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Gry.{Shadwell Grylls} | ||