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).
Abandonment of a standard speedometer drive, steering design, and fitting a Minx gearbox into the Myth car.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 165\2\ img299 | |
| Date | 9th December 1940 | |
| Ev.{Ivan Evernden - coachwork} from Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} c. Ev{Ivan Evernden - coachwork}/JD.{J. Draper - Frames} c. Ev{Ivan Evernden - coachwork}/DB.{Donald Bastow - Suspensions} c/e Speedo: drives 6065 Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}5/ML.9.12.40. With reference to Ev.{Ivan Evernden - coachwork}7/JH.29.11.40. we note that on Page II, you mention a standard and cheaper speedometer drive. If this refers to the light cable, we can now say that this is no use and has been abandoned. With regard to the steering, we have asked Bastow to scheme one with as many parts as possible out of a box which is in existence first, so that we can get a car on the road. We should also like Ev{Ivan Evernden - coachwork}/JD.{J. Draper - Frames} to see whether there is any difficulty about fitting a Minx box into the Myth, as a means of getting the car running about. Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ||