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).
Request for a drawing and instructions to modify the Self Starter Gear's Friction Drive to prevent slipping.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 75\5\ scan0048 | |
| Date | 20th April 1920 | |
| X.3350.a BN.{W.O. Bentley / Mr Barrington} HS.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} DA.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design} EFC BY/C7/H20.4.20. X.3350 ~ CHASSIS SELF STARTER GEAR ON CHANGE GEAR BOX. X.3426 We should be glad if you would let us have drawing showing the modification to the Friction Drive for the Self Starter Gear on the Change Gear Box. The scheme we refer to is the one to prevent the Friction Drive slipping and we should like to have full instructions regarding same as soon as possible, so that we can instruct the necessary parts for production. BY/C. | ||