Request to forward a speedometer to suppliers for recalibration due to a rear axle change.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 165\2\ img199 | |
| Date | 13th June 1939 | |
| To Bex, from HPS {Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} /WSC. {W. S. Cassel} Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /RC. {R. Childs} 6065- EAP HPS {Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} /WSC. {W. S. Cassel} 22/BA.13.6.39. O {Mr Oldham} /52440. Speedometer - 11.B.V.Chassis. We hand you herewith the speedometer removed from the above car. Will you please forward same to the suppliers and have the calibration altered from its present values of 730 revs. per mile to 660 revs. per mile, this is due to the rear axle being changed from 10 x 41 to 11x41. The instrument number is Z.617. We should like the return of same as soon as possible. HPS {Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} /WSC. {W. S. Cassel} | ||
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).