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).
Request to Studebaker for a vacuum cylinder used for their assisted gear change.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 174\2\ img242 | |
| Date | 17th March 1938 | |
| HOH Messrs Reed Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}7/R.{Sir Henry Royce} 17th March, 1938. S. Sparrow, Esq., Studebaker Corporation, South Bend, INDIANA. U.S.A. Dear Sparrow, I note the latest Studebaker has a vacuum-assisted gear change. I should very much like to get hold of one of the vacuum cylinders used for this job. If it is at all possible for you to send one off and invoice it to the Company in Derby, I would be very grateful. Yours sincerely, | ||