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 correspondence and actions from July 1935 concerning car development, parts, and testing.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 90a\3\ Scan012 | |
| Date | 31th July 1935 | |
| 4 Date | To | From | COMMENTS. 8.7.35 | Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | Offord & Sons Coachbuilders | Asks for sketch of car so they can make up some streamlined rear wings for car. 10.7.35* | Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} | Rg{Mr Rowledge} | Reply to 8.7.35. Very nasty note saying Experi. have not justified their existence in last year! 9.7.35* | - | Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/C.Sant. | Gives details of 10 hr endurance test that had been completed at high power (135 BHP) 13.7.35 | Dunlops (Freeman) | Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | Asks for tyre life data. 15.7.35 | RdeC | Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | Asks for '34 head to be fitted to the practice car. 11.7.35 | Dunlops. | Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | Similar to 13.7.35. 11.7.35* | Rg.{Mr Rowledge} | Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | Reply to 10.7.35. Defends experis actions most strongly (and effectively) 13.7.35 | Offords | Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | Reply to 8.7.35. 11.7.35 | Rg{Mr Rowledge} | Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} | Endorses Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} K&G 11.7.35. * | - | - | Power curve of T.T. Standard. 15.7.35 | RHC{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer}/CEP | Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | Wheel details 15.7.35 | Hall | Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | Program details 17.7.35 | Hd{Mr Hayward/Mr Huddy} | Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | Specifies 11/41 rear axle ratio. 24.7.35 | Hall | Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | Says car will not be ready for a pre-arranged Brooklands test. 25.7.35 | Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | Hall | Arranges another day for tests. 26.7.35 | Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} | Hall | Fixes Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} up with four pit passes. 29.7.35 | Cooks | Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | Orders 10 tickets for T.T. 29.7.35 | Hall | R.A.C. | Asks RR to order their own Pit Passes. 30.7.35 | Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | Cooks | Acknowledges 29.7.35. 31.7.35 | Hd{Mr Hayward/Mr Huddy} | Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | Specifies lead bronze brgs to be fitted to practice car. | ||