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).
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, Chateauroux 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} | ||