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).
Faulty clutch from trials car B-2-GA due to irregular friction facing thickness.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 88\2\ scan0195 | |
| Date | 23th June 1936 | |
| W/S - Cx.{Major Len W. Cox - Advertising Manager} x-260 Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Smth.27/KW.23.6.36. B-2-GA - Trials Car. When we took down the clutch for examination, we found the driven plate to be faulty. Due to irregularities in the thickness of the friction facings, the compressed thickness of the driven plate varied by .010". This matter has been taken up with the manufacturers. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Smth. | ||