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).
Confirming the successful testing of silent third speed on production chassis fitted with synchro-mesh.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 104\4\ scan0109 | |
| Date | 9th April 1932 | |
| γ 5310 To Cx.{Major Len W. Cox - Advertising Manager} From Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}1/MJ.9.4.32. Replying to Cx.{Major Len W. Cox - Advertising Manager}7/KW.6.4.32. All cars with the synchro-mesh will have silent third speed. The production chassis which are now on test are coming out very well indeed for the silence of the third speed. Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} | ||