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).
Reconsideration of a chassis arrangement due to concerns about clutch slipping.
Identifier | ExFiles\Box 103\1\ scan0180 | |
Date | 23th May 1935 | |
W/S - C. x512 Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}4/KW.23.5.35. Replying to C7/C.17.5.35. In view of the success of this arrangement in your car, we will reconsider its application to the standard chassis. There is no doubt, however, that in its present form it tends to increase the chances of clutch slipping, and we have no margin of safety at this point. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ||