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).
The standardisation of chassis parts for a synchromesh gearbox.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 171\2\ img055 | |
| Date | 12th August 1932 | |
| STANDARDISATION OF CHASSIS PARTS Description of Part. SYNCHROMESH GEARBOX. Origin. To facilitate ease of gearchanging and direct drive. Report. Back rest Experimental Test Report. The number of the first chassis on which the new part will be fitted................. 69 in N.2. Date when chassis will be handed to test.......... Production Cost of scrapped material, if any............ Nil. Cost of jigs and tools................... £1750 Faint text includes: Old Part No. COJ.II.59. New Part No. Cost of Old Part. a.{Mr Adams} 3. 3. Cost of New Part. Difference S. 2. 19. I Increase. Is above an agreed chassis or tool estimate. 10.11.32 YES APPROVALS TABLE: INITIAL, DATE, REMARKS A.G.E., 13.10.32, Agreed R, 16.8.32, Not level (crossed out) R.O.W., 16.8.32, Agreed C, 16.8.32, Agreed B.R., 16.8.32, Agreed D.G., 16.8.32, Agreed V.B., 17.8.32, Agreed E.B. a/c W.H., 16.8.32, Agreed E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer}, 24.8.32, Agreed E.W.H., 31.8.32, Agreed H.R., [No Date], Agreed H.R. being subject to reverse operation different to that on PX-11. | ||