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).
Cablegram regarding acceptable gearbox and axle pinion slack on Buick and Hudson vehicles.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 173\4\ img135 | |
| Date | 11th December 1935 | |
| To Eg. c. to Nor. c. to L. c. to By.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} c. to GA. c. to ia/Suth. USA Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}17/RW.11.12.35. The following is a cablegram we have received from Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Gry.{Shadwell Grylls} dated 10.12.35. "Buick and Hudson say gearbox slack unimportant for chunking provided clutch splines tight and axle pinion slack under three thousandths pitchline and one degree total". LR{Mr Ellor}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ||