Hi Jim Good story! I think that was a few years ago. Rolls-Royce acquired a license to produce the HydraMatic in 1952! I remember 1952 well, as that was the year we got our first TV, The last ones on the block to do so.
73, Rick Dettinger K7MW > > Reminds me of a story that I heard years ago while on an assignment in > England. > > Seems that the Rolls Royce company didn't have an automatic > transmission > in their cars. Since automatic transmissions were the up-and-coming > thing they decided that they needed one to offer in the Roolls Royce. > Rather than design one from scratch they surveyed the field and > decided > that the best of breed was one made by General Motors. They entered > into > an agreement with GM to use theirs. > > They took a GM automatic transmission into their shop and tore it down > completely. They wanted any transmission that was going into a Rolls > Royce to be top quality, inside and out. Everything passed muster > except for one part. It had a rough surface. That just wouldn't do > so > they machined the surface to a Rolls Royce standard. The trouble was > that when the transmission was assembled it wouldn't work. They > contacted GM and found out that the surface in question had to be > rough > or the transmission wouldn't work. > > Best to trust the judgment of the design engineers. > > 72, > > Jim - W4BQP > K2 #2268 > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
