Clutch suppliers Borg & Beck and Long, and a licensing agreement for Long products.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 129\2\ scan0159 | |
| Date | 19th December 1935 | |
| To Sg. {Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} from Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Rm. {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} X110 Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Rm. {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} 5/KW.19.12.35. Clutches. Replying to Sg. {Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} 7/E.16.12.35. Borg & Beck are the Company in America who produce all the smaller touring car clutches: Long produce the clutches for the 12-cylinder cars and commercial stuff. I brought a Long clutch back from the States two years ago, and the centre plate of this is now fitted to 35-EX, and has proved itself to be the most satisfactory set-up we have so far had. Borg & Beck in this country have just bought the Licence to deal with Long products, so in co-operating with them we are covering the whole research carried out in America. Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Rm. {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ||
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).