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 fit a car with a standard Borg & Beck clutch plate with Thermoid facings.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 82\5\ scan0193 | |
| Date | 29th July 1937 | |
| 200a HPS.{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} from Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/NRC.{N. R. Chandler} c. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/FD.{Frank Dodd - Bodies} 3.B.IV. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/NRC{N. R. Chandler}3/R.29.7.37. Will you please fit to the above car one clutch plate herewith. This is a standard Borg & Beck centre and hub of English manufacture, but fitted with Thermoid facings. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/NRC.{N. R. Chandler} | ||