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 gearbox and rear axle repairs for car 29-EX for use at Brooklands.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 94\2\ scan0236 | |
| Date | 21th May 1937 | |
| To HPS.{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} 328 Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/FD.{Frank Dodd - Bodies}5/JH.21.5.37. 29-EX. Will you please have the gearbox repaired to keep this car on the road, the box has been taken out and handed over to F.Shields. The rear axle also has broken down somewhere between the crown wheel and axle shaft. All we want to do is to be able to use the car for transport use and towing purposes at Brooklands. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/F.Dodd. | ||