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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).
Instruction to replace a car's Wilson gearbox and update the engine mountings and pedals.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 104\4\  scan0242
Date  2nd April 1935
  
To RHC.{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer}
4528
Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}10/KW.2.4.35.

18-G-IV.

Will you please remove the Wilson gearbox from this car and replace it with a standard Rolls-Royce box.

At the same time will you please fit the latest rubber engine mounting complete with cantilever pedals as at present on production, with two light torque reaction dampers.

Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}
  
  


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