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 to fit a used clutch driven plate from car 33-EX to car 34-EX for endurance testing.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 93\3\ scan0156 | |
| Date | 12th August 1936 | |
| x312 RHC.{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} From Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Smth. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Smth.3/MA.12.8.36. 34-EX. CLUTCH. We should like you to fit the driven plate out of 33-EX. to this car. This plate is in excellent condition, and, as it has already run 2,000 miles, it will enable us to get endurance results sooner than a new plate would. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Smth. | ||