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).
New scheme for jacking up the rear axle, which is an improvement on a previous design.
Identifier | ExFiles\Box 139\2\ scan0212 | |
Date | 25th February 1935 | |
Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} ------- +3117 BY.8/G.25.2.35. Attached please find the new scheme for jacking up the rear axle which is an improvement upon a similar scheme submitted by Mr. Bramley Moore to General Motors and afterwards adopted by Vauxhall. The Vauxhall scheme was merely an extended shackle link on to which the jack abutted. BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} | ||