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).
The testing of a second Morris gearbox and the examination of the original.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 136\2\ scan0332 | |
| Date | 28th May 1941 | |
| To Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Wym.{G. Harold Whyman - Experimental Manager} from Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} C. to Ev.{Ivan Evernden - coachwork} & Ev{Ivan Evernden - coachwork}/Tln. 1153 Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}8/ET.28.5.41. MORRIS GEARBOX. --------------- We have got a second Morris gearbox. We want to put this into the car and ascertain that it reproduces the degree of silence which surprised us in the first box. We want to take the original box, when it has been removed from the car, strip it and deliver it to Park Leys for examination. Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ||