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).
Provisional allocation of seven Senior Range Gearboxes and the potential for related machining work.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 136\2\ scan0268 | |
| Date | 30th April 1940 | |
| To Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} from HPS{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr}/CP. c. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/FJH.{Fred J. Hardy - Chief Dev. Engineer} HPS{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr}/CP.5/SW.30.4.40. Senior Range Gearboxes. Would you please provisionally allocate the 7 Senior Range Gearboxes to enable us to anticipate our programme. We have for instance instructions to fit Bentley 60 No. 8 engine (when built) to 1 - R - 1 Chassis. If the old type gearbox is going to remain in this Car, it means machining the old type clutch casing GB.4333 etc., to PD.192, we do not want to put these details on the machines for this unless it becomes necessary, as this may easily retard the progress of more urgent work. HPS{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr}/CP. | ||