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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).
Note regarding part identification for a Terraplane 8 car, clarifying shaft nomenclature.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 21\6\  Scan171
Date  4th June 1934
  
W/S - Hm.{Capt. W. Hallam - Head Repairs}
46217
Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Gry.{Shadwell Grylls}9/KW.4.6.34.
Terraplane 8.
The only number we can find on this car is 66751.
In case they do not understand our nomenclature of the parts, the second motion shaft is the lay shaft, and the 3rd motion shaft the one coupled up to the propellor shaft.
We can if necessary send you the damaged parts.
Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Gry.{Shadwell Grylls}
  
  


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