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).
List of required modifications and repairs to be carried out on car 39-EX.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 92\6\ scan0150 | |
| Date | 7th May 1937 | |
| To HPS.{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} from Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/FD.{Frank Dodd - Bodies} 300B Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/FD.{Frank Dodd - Bodies}2/AP.7.5.37 39-EX. Will you please have the following work carried out on the above car:- 1. Remove floating weight engine damper and refit standard type at 25 lbs. 2. Fit flexible flywheel. 3. Ease threads on radiator cap to correctly fit cap and mascot. 4. Fit quiet trunnion race, present one noisy and unpassable. 5. Remove damaged water thermometer in Rad. and obtain new one from Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Std. 6. Front braking poor. Examine servo linings. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/FD.{Frank Dodd - Bodies} | ||