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).
Car 3-AX-121, requesting the dispatch of a clutch plate and performance reports on Thermoid plates.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 96\1\ scan0142 | |
| Date | 2nd July 1937 | |
| To HPS.{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} W/N - Br.{T. E. Bellringer - Repair Manager} 361 Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/NRC.{N. R. Chandler}3/JH.2.7.37. re 3-AX-121. Will you please despatch to Cricklewood for the above car one of the EX.27309 clutch plates fitted with a standard Phantom III hub. This is in response to a 'phone call from Br.{T. E. Bellringer - Repair Manager} received by us from Hd{Mr Hayward/Mr Huddy}/CM. Will Br.{T. E. Bellringer - Repair Manager} please let us have reports on all customers cars fitted with Thermoid plates, as and when any information is available. We are naturally anxious to obtain all the information we can as to how these plates are behaving in the hands of customers. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/NRC.{N. R. Chandler} | ||