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).
Requesting modifications to car 19-EX, including engine feet, gearbox support, and brakes.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 14\5\ Scan036 | |
| Date | 19th December 1928 | |
| To RHC.{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} from Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} Handwritten: X7005 Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}4/LG19.12.28. 19-EX CAR. Handwritten: X7005 (crossed out) Handwritten: X7420 (crossed out) We require solid front engine feet on this car and the adjustable support behind the gearbox. The brakes on this car are also useless. Will you please fit 30° cams and the 1.275" levers on the pedal countershaft as handed to you yesterday. We should be obliged if you could make these alterations before we start to fit the body. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ||