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).
Instructing modifications to a car's gearbox, brakes, and axle gears.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 82\5\ scan0232 | |
| Date | 21th January 1939 | |
| 200a To Hd.{Mr Hayward/Mr Huddy} c. to Cx.{Major Len W. Cox - Advertising Manager} Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/FD.{Frank Dodd - Bodies}15/JH.21.1.39. re 3.B.4. As we have taken the overdrive gearbox from this car for use in Paris, it is our intention to replace this with a standard box. With regard to the brakes, we should like you to remove all the Girling brake parts from the rear axle, and let us have them including the brake drums and shoes. Please replace with standard parts. We also suggest that the axle gears should made standard i.e. 10 x 41 now that the overdrive box has been removed. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/FD.{Frank Dodd - Bodies} | ||