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 the removal and replacement of a centre box from a rear axle to use its gears for dynamometer tests.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 84\4\ scan0075 | |
| Date | 24th September 1935 | |
| To RHC.{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} X702 Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/AFM.{Anthony F. Martindale}1/KW.24.9.35. Rear Axle off 5-B-IV with 14" Drums. The gears in this axle are wanted for tests on the dynamometer. As this axle is in continuous use for brake tests, will you please remove the centre box complete and fit a new one so that we may proceed with the minimum of delay. Gry.{Shadwell Grylls} will issue instructions regarding the gears at present in use. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/A.F.Martindale. | ||