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).
Abandoning side notches in the gear change quadrant for the Northcliffe scheme.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 66\4\ scan0261 | |
| Date | 13th August 1924 | |
| To By.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} from BJ. BJ2/H13.8.24. X8320 HB{C. E. Harcombe} SECRET. QUADRANT. We understand that R.{Sir Henry Royce} is considering abandoning the side notches in the quadrant of the gear change, and adopting the Northcliffe scheme for E.A.C.II. Can you please let us see or try a car with gear change on this principle, so that we may form an opinion as to whether customers would be likely to appreciate it? B.J. | ||