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).
Letter to a customer in France regarding the performance of the silent second gear.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 1\4\ B001_X 100a-page089 | |
| Date | 1st December 1932 | |
| 84057 G.W.Hancock, Hotel de France, Chateauroux, Indre, FRANCE. From Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Gry.{Shadwell Grylls} Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Gry.{Shadwell Grylls}3/MJ.1.12.32. SILENT SECOND GEAR. We are glad to hear your second gear does not come out under full torque. We have prevented the gear on 3 Per.ll from doing so by alterations to the splines. The gear now comes out if running with a small throttle opening at 15 m.p.h. such as up Ticknall. Will you let us know whether your car behaves in a similar way. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/H.Grylls. | ||