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).
Confirming the manufacture of a shortened propeller shaft for Peregrine and discussing test bed arrangements.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 169\4\ img024 | |
| Date | 22th August 1932 | |
| To RHC.{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} from Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}10/KT. 22. 8. 32. This is to confirm that you will make a 3.000" propeller shaft of the shortened length for Peregrine, so that we can get the car on the road. The test bed unit is now ready to be fitted to this car with the new camshaft. We will run the unit with the reduced big end sideways clearance, on the test bed, unless you would like to fit these new connecting rods to the large journal crankshaft, in which case we can make the changeover at the same time. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ||