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).
Specifications for a gearbox and axle.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 111\4\ scan0139 | |
| Date | 24th March 1939 | |
| 800a To HPS.{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} from Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Gry.{Shadwell Grylls} c. By/NS.{Norman Scott} c. By/CRL.{C. R. Lisson} Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Gry.{Shadwell Grylls}8/MH.{M. Huckerby}24.3.39. 4.B.50. With regard to your request for a specification for the gearbox and axle for this car, these should be Gearbox. All helical type with standard ratios. Axle. .650 hypoid semi-floating, 1 3/8 half shafts, thick axle tubes, 11/41 gears, 59.5 track when used with 5" rims. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Gry.{Shadwell Grylls} | ||