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).
Broken rear axle half shaft on a 1939 Austin 8 HP car.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 124\4\ scan0052 | |
| Date | 12th July 1943 | |
| ! Cars 1045 To Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} from Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Wym{G. Harold Whyman - Experimental Manager}/C.Lee. c. to Ev.{Ivan Evernden - coachwork} c. to Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Wym.{G. Harold Whyman - Experimental Manager} c. to Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/FJH.{Fred J. Hardy - Chief Dev. Engineer} Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Wym{G. Harold Whyman - Experimental Manager}/C.Lee.4/OH. 12.7.43. [Handwritten initials: Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}] AUSTIN 8 HP. - 1939 MODEL. Attached is a photograph showing broken half shaft (rear axle) as dismantled from our Austin 8 HP. car at a total mileage of 24,500 miles. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Wym{G. Harold Whyman - Experimental Manager}/C.Lee. [Signature] | ||