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 for an urgent repair of a broken rear engine mounting cross member and gearbox during testing.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 112\3\ scan0002 | |
| Date | 13th February 1939 | |
| 822 To HPC. from Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Clm.{D. D. Clapham} c. to HPC/TF.{T. Fisher} Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Clm.{D. D. Clapham}7/JH.13.2.39. 1.B.50. The rear engine mounting cross member on this car is broken. Will you please fit a new one, and repair gearbox at the same time. We would like it done as quickly as possible as we are in the middle of some tests. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Clm.{D. D. Clapham} | ||