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).
Requesting a new reverse shaft for a B.50 gearbox due to the original being bent.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 112\2\ scan0057 | |
| Date | 1st July 1938 | |
| Y 828 To HPS.{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} from Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Gry.{Shadwell Grylls} Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Gry.{Shadwell Grylls}4/MH.{M. Huckerby}1.7.38. B.50 GEARBOX. In view of the fact that the reverse shaft from the gearbox fitted in 1.B.50 car has been bent, will you please put in hand a shaft in S/ZNCR material suitable for this box. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Gry.{Shadwell Grylls} | ||