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).
Telegram confirmation regarding permanent designs for a separate gearbox and propeller shaft testing.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 179b\1\ img036 | |
| Date | 25th August 1932 | |
| CONFIRMATION OF TELEGRAM. Copy to WCH. HS.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} EP.{G. Eric Platford - Chief Quality Engineer} H.{Arthur M. Hanbury - Head Complaints} WW. 25. 8. 32. ORIGINAL. x4027. v424. ROYCAR. DERBY. WORMALD - HIVES - BAILEY - ELLIOTT - WE ARE MAKING PERMANENT DESIGNS FOR PEREGRINE/LIKE LANCIA AND BENSPORT WITH SEPARATE GEARBOX. EACH HAS ADVANTAGES TO ITS SPECIAL CHASSIS. THE PROPELLER SHAFT WILL BE ABOUT 45" BETWEEN UNIVERSAL JOINTS CENTRES AND 2.750" DIAMETER. HOPE YOU AGREE. RIG UP TEST OF SUCH A PROPELLER SHAFT RUN UP TO 6000 REVS. ROYCE. | ||