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).
Instructions to fit a new 'Borglite' driven plate and new thrust springs to 35.EX Unit No.16.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 93\3\ scan0449 | |
| Date | 18th August 1938 | |
| 312. To HPS.{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} c. to Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/FD.{Frank Dodd - Bodies} Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/NRC.{N. R. Chandler}20/JH.18.8.38. 35.EX Unit No.16. We have received from Borg & Beck a new type of driven plate, known as the "Borglite". It has considerably less inertia than the Long type, and is easier to produce. Will you please fit this plate to the above car as soon as convenient. Please fit 12 new thrust springs G.85733 (Red) obtainable ex RD stores. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/NRC.{N. R. Chandler} | ||