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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).
Extract from Mr. Platford's report on cars in the Spanish Grand Prix regarding the clutch.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 20\3\  Scan041
Date  17th September 1914
  
X.1372.
changed on file
EB 964

Extract from Mr. Platford's report re Cars in
Spanish Grand Prix - in X. 387.

A lighter clutch would certainly have been an advantage as
regards changing gear, chiefly when changing to a higher
gear at high engine speeds.

[Watermark: DICKINSON BOND 1804]

[Footer: R.R. 338A (120 H) (W.W. 128. 17-9-14) G.G. 0626.]
  
  


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