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).
Request to find a car with a Phantom gearbox fault for testing and measurement before any alterations are made.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 15\5\ Scan422 | |
| Date | 20th August 1935 | |
| X728 To Hd.{Mr Hayward/Mr Huddy} Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Gry.{Shadwell Grylls}12/KW. 20.8.35. Phantom Gearbox. Will you please let us know as soon as a car is available either in Derby or Cricklewood, that is suffering from the trouble of second gear jumping out of mesh. We should like to have an opportunity of trying the car before anything is altered, and also of measuring up certain parts of the gearbox. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Gry.{Shadwell Grylls} | ||