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 the fitting of a new gearbox and work on a starter ring for a Buick engine rebuild.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 124\3\ scan0378 | |
| Date | 6th January 1936 | |
| To RHC.{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} x1049 Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/FD.{Frank Dodd - Bodies}15/KW.6.1.36. Buick. We have a new gearbox complete for the Buick engine. This is at present in the Exptl. garage stores. Will you please have this fitted when the engine is re-built. The starter ring also requires fitting in the correct position on the flywheel and re-spot-welding where necessary. We should also like the teeth trimming up. We should also like to know what new parts will be required when the engine is re-built, such as C. & A.{Mr Adams} washers, etc., etc. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/F.Dodd. | ||