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).
Replacing steel bushes with brass bushes in an overdrive gearbox for a car.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 83\2\ scan0185 | |
| Date | 21th January 1938 | |
| Sg.{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} from Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} c. Ey. c. RHC.{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} 200a Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}5/R.21.1.38. 6.B.IV - OVERDRIVE GEARBOX. We have arranged for this car to cross over to France on Sunday, January 23rd. We have replaced the steel bushes with brass bushes giving the car 1500 miles hard work without any trouble having been experienced. Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ||