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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).
Severe clutch issue on car B-10, preventing testing of the front axle control.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 82\3\  scan0079
Date  17th December 1934
  
To RHC.{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer}

X4553a
(3)

Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}10/KW.17.12.34.

5-B-IV.

The clutch is so bad on this car that we cannot drive it. We are anxious to test the front axle control etc. and to do this we should like you to fit B-1 unit whilst the necessary modifications are made to rectify the clutch trouble on B-10.

Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}
  
  


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