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).
Log of communications and actions regarding the development, failures, and modifications for the '36 T.T. race car.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 90a\3\ Scan001 | |
| Date | 17th November 1935 | |
| DATE | TO | FROM | COMMENTS 14.9.35 | - | - | How to save 120lb weight for '36 T.T. 17.9.35 | Roy{Sir Henry Royce} | Ratcliffe | Orders four balls of string for binding Halls Springs. 19.9.35 | RHC{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} | HS{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/CSS | Urges rebuild of Shuttleworth's car. 20.9.35 | Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | Ratcliffe | Shows how 30lbs of weight saving achieved by changing road springs. 19.9.35 | Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} * | St.{Capt. P. R. Strong} | Forecast of what will be required - '36 (sent to Hall by Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}) 1.10.35 | HS{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} * | Ratcliffe | Report of work carried out on car for Shuttleworth. 1.10.35 | To Hall | Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | Asks for car to be put back in T.T. form. 3.10.35 | HS{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} | Da.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design} | Detail design change resulting from Hales experience (location of rear hub bearing). 7.10.35 | RHC{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} | Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | Further to 1.10.35. 10.10.35 | Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | Bly{B. W. Bleaney - Bentley Sales} | Sends Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} a film of the race. 3.10.35 | RHC{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} | Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | Asks for T.T. engine to be stripped as it failed on delivery. 1.11.35 | Hall | Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | Note explaining why he has no car. 8.11.35 | Hall | Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | Explains that the failure was a failure of the flywheel flange (presumably on the crankshaft). 9.11.35 | Meredith RAE | Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | Asks for advice on reducing drag. 17.11.35 | Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | Meredith | Not very helpful reply to above. Several notes follow which suggest that a streamlined body was being designed for 1936. They are not explicit. A copy of the '35 T.T. regs is included at the end of the file. | ||