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).
Secret memo arranging for a car with a proposed new gear mechanism to be sent for evaluation.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 66\4\ scan0270 | |
| Date | 25th August 1924 | |
| To BJ. from Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} S E C R E T. (X9320) Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}2/LG25.8.24. CHANGE GEAR MECHANISM. In view of the Conference in Derby on Friday. We are arranging to send a Car fitted with the proposed EAC. change gear mechanism to Conduit Street on Wednesday the 27th.inst. The car should arrive there about midday. The car is very old, and the only part which can be usefully criticised is the Change Gear Mechanism. Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} | ||