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).
Request to prepare parts for a clutch upgrade on car 34-EX due to recurring trouble.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 93\3\ scan0155 | |
| Date | 8th August 1936 | |
| To RHC.{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} X312 Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Smth.4/JH. 8.8.36. 34-EX. The clutch on this car is giving trouble again, and we want to bring it to the same specification as 35-EX, i.e. with RM.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}164/5 driven plate. The present clutch has the old type of this pressure ring and this will also have to be changed. Will you please prepare the necessary pieces as soon as possible and let us know when you expect to have them ready, so that we can arrange with Sales for the return of the cars. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Smth. | ||