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).
Recommending the elimination of transmission vibration in future production based on a high-speed test at Brooklands.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 107\1\ scan0068 | |
| Date | 4th June 1931 | |
| 87960. PN.{Mr Northey}4/WT4.6.31. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}...from PN.{Mr Northey} [Struck through]Copy to Sg.{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} Lp.{Mr Lappin}[/Struck through] High Speed engine smoothness. GLN-60. In reply to your Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/RM{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}3/KT30.5.31, the opportunity I had when with you at Brooklands yesterday in testing this car at high engine and road speeds undoubtedly indicated that the absence of transmission vibration is very marked, and we should greatly appreciate such a condition, if possible, in future production. [STAMP] RECEIVED [STAMP] PN.{Mr Northey} 1 JUN '31 | ||