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).
Urgent list of five modifications required for the clutch of car 35-EX before its dispatch to France.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 92\3\ scan0048 | |
| Date | 9th November 1936 | |
| 300d HPS.{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Smth9/R.9.11.36. 35-EX - CLUTCH. Before this car goes to France we want to fit the following:- (1) Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}169 - no oilite bush. (2) N. Sch.4938 - extra pedal travel. (3) Operating Lever with 4.000 centres to replace G.83784. (4) Fit modified spring cups G.84968/9. The existing cover will modify. (5) Replace oilite cage pilot bearing LJ.25.Z by standard Bentley Hoffman 125. These jobs are urgent. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Smth. | ||