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).
Letter to Leyland Motors thanking them for information on mounting constant mesh gears and returning a Spicer drawing.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 140\3\ scan0269 | |
| Date | 16th December 1939 | |
| 1175- Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Gry.{Shadwell Grylls}7/JH. 16th. Decmeber, 1939. V.W.Pilkington, Esq., Leyland Motors Ltd., Leyland, Lancs: Dear Mr. Pilkington, Many thanks for your letter of the 11th. and the information about the methods you have used for mounting constant mesh gears on your gearboxes. We shall certainly use this information in our next design. I am returning to you the Spicer drawing as you requested. We have taken careful note of the methods they use and jotted down one or two dimensions. Yours sincerely, | ||