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).
Confirming a request to arrange a trial for a non-straddle mounted pinion in a PD.312 rear axle.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 114\1\ scan0191 | |
| Date | 3rd April 1939 | |
| 1015 To By/Ald.{F. Allwood - Experimental Design} from Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Gry.{Shadwell Grylls} Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Gry.{Shadwell Grylls}7/MH.{M. Huckerby}3.4.39. This is to confirm our having asked you to arrange for a trial of a non straddle mounted pinion in a PD.312 rear axle. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Gry.{Shadwell Grylls} | ||