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).
Requesting a standard 40/50 HP car to test a fabric coupling intended to cure 'transmission groans'.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 73\1\ scan0224 | |
| Date | 1st March 1925 | |
| R.R. 493A (50H) (D.B. 175 25-9-24) J.H.D. EXPERIMENTAL REPORT. Expl. No. X9920 REF: Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}2/LGS.3.25. to BJ. from Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} c. to EY. c. to WOR.{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} FABRIC COUPLING FOR STANDARD 40/50 CHASSIS. X3435 X9920 We require a standard 40/50 HP. car fitted with a covered body, in order to prove this coupling. We have no such car in the Experimental Dept. We should require the car for two or three weeks. We would prefer a car which is known to be bad for the particular fault - we wish to cure "transmission groans". Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} | ||