Request to despatch a speedometer for car 8.B.5 to France, calibrated for a 9:37 axle ratio.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 165\2\ img181 | |
| Date | 26th October 1938 | |
| 6065. To HPS. {Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /RC. {R. Childs} 18/JH.26.10.38. re Speedometer for 8.B.5. Will you please despatch to Hotel de France, ChateaurouxFrench test region Indre,France, one speedometer for fitting to the above car. The calibration has been altered to suit the 9:37 axle ratio. Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /RC. {R. Childs} | ||
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).