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).
Decision not to change the current axle design, comparing it to a banjo type.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 102\4\ scan0067 | |
| Date | 5th May 1931 guessed | |
| Finally we have not time at the moment to give to changing this as we have had a good axle tested over 10,000 miles and passed, and we have other work far more vital, but I quite agree that if we were starting we might find the banjo good enough - more convenient, somewhat cheaper under our conditions, but not better, stronger, or lighter, and we are not really extravagent - see Ford. R.{Sir Henry Royce} | ||