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 the swapping of rear axles between experimental cars 33-EX and 36-EX.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 92\5\ scan0133 | |
| Date | 14th June 1937 | |
| To HPS.{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} from Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/NRC.{N. R. Chandler} c. to Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/FD.{Frank Dodd - Bodies} 302 - J Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/NRC.{N. R. Chandler}8/AP.14.6.37 Re. 33-EX. and 36-EX. Please remove the rear axle from 33-EX. and fit it to 36-EX, and fit the axle from 36-EX. to 33-EX. This will mean that 33-EX. will have stiffened axle shafts and 36-EX. will have standard or light axle shafts. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/NRC.{N. R. Chandler} | ||