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).
The creation of new wheel drivers for specific vehicle models to address depot complaints.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 92\5\ scan0160 | |
| Date | 22th December 1937 | |
| To HPS.{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} from Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Gry.{Shadwell Grylls} 302 Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Gry.{Shadwell Grylls}2/AP.22.12.37. Ph.III. AXLE Will you please put in hand immediately a pair of wheel drivers to G.85612 for 35-EX. These are required to overcome Depot complaints. Secondly, the drivers to be fitted to 39-LX. to N.Sch.5139 (No.3.) should be S/ZNCR. If at present they are S/ZN. these should be scrapped and new ones made. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Gry.{Shadwell Grylls} | ||