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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 comments and issues found on experimental car 37-EX.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 123\4\  scan0292
Date  1st September 1936
  
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To Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/FD.{Frank Dodd - Bodies}

Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}10/KW.1.9.36.

37-EX.

Hy{Tom Haldenby - Plant Engineer}'s comments on 37-EX are as follows :-

(1) Gear change heavy, 2nd gear does not engage properly.

(2) Side and tail fuse blew and was replaced.

(3) Clutch operation tiring in traffic.

(4) Foot switch for dipping erratic and does not always operate.

(5) 10 galls. petrol put in.

(6) Ride control lever hard and erratic in movement.

Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}
  
  


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