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).
The dispatch of a car for clutch and steering tests in London traffic.
Identifier | ExFiles\Box 103\1\ scan0160 | |
Date | 13th February 1935 | |
W/S - C. c. to Sg.{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} c. to Wor.{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} x5300 Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}20/KW.13.2.35. 21-G-IV. Clutch Tests in London Traffic. We have to-day despatched this car to Lillie Hall for tests in London traffic. It is fitted with the clutch which has just been standardised on the Bentley, and in addition the Marles steering which recently ran 15,000 miles in France, but with the ratio altered to be similar to that of Wor{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager}'s car. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ||