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).
Letter from Ernst Schneider regarding the successful testing of the Maybach Gearbox.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 128\2\ scan0078 | |
| Date | 13th April 1931 | |
| Ernst Schneider Phone: Victoria 9458 X22001 18, Victoria Street, S.W. 1 London, 13th. April 1931. [STAMP: RECEIVED 14 APR 1931] Messrs. Rolls-Royce Limited, Nightingale Road Derbey. Dear Sirs, Your ref. Expl.Dept. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}2/KT. Maybach Gear Box In reply to your letter of the 11th. inst. I beg to inform you that the Maybach Gearbox has undergone the severest tests under various conditions and I can safely say that it works without any shocks whatever. Even when changing down there is little indication that the gear ratio has been altered beyond the improved accelleration obtained. I am now waiting for news from the Works when the car is due to arrive in England and I shall inform you in due course. Yours faithfully E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} Schneider | ||