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).
List of modifications for a chassis going to Paris for a streamline body.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 161\1\ scan0086 | |
| Date | 19th February 1938 | |
| HPS. {Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} from Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /Gry. {Shadwell Grylls} c. Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /AFM. {Anthony F. Martindale} c. Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /Std. c. Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /Swdl. {Len H. Swindell} c. By {R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} /RD. Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /Gry. {Shadwell Grylls} 10/AP.19.2.38 B.27.LE. Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} has agreed to the following mods. being carried out in the Expl. Dept for the chassis that is going to Paris for a streamline body:- 1. Aluminium front brakes. Supplied by AFM. {Anthony F. Martindale} 2. 12/41 axle gears which were got for last year's Le Mans race. 3. Fit lower radiator off 5.B.LV. with the bottom tank in the usual position (See Std.) 4. Machine .075 off the cylinder head and fit gasket supplied by Swdl. {Len H. Swindell} 5. Fit speedometer supplied by By {R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} /RD. 6. Fit wheels Gw.429 and ordinary ( Obtain from C.C. ) noisy 6.50 X 17 India tyres. Please obtain an order number for this work. Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /Gry. {Shadwell Grylls} | ||