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).
Alteration of a speedometer for chassis 18.G.IV due to a new experimental axle.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 59\2\ Scan172 | |
| Date | 11th August 1932 | |
| X605/b. To ROY{Sir Henry Royce}/MS. from Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Wst. c.c. to D/BP. c.c. to S/Ht. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Wst.3/KT.11.8.32. 20/25 A.T. SPEEDOMETER FOR 18.G.IV. Owing to the fitting of a new expl. axle, having a different ratio, to the above chassis, we require the speedometer revs-per-mile altering. We are sending into the Stores speedometer NoF 732, and we shall be glad if you will return this to the makers as speedily as possible for the revs-per-mile to be altered to 798. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Wst. | ||