Correspondence dated 29 June 1955

Summary

An item from the surviving correspondence of William John Sands.

Historical context

This item forms part of the surviving William John Sands correspondence and is dated 29 June 1955. It is preserved in the William John Sands Family Archive as evidence of Sands’s professional work and relationships. The accompanying transcript was produced by machine OCR and should be checked against the original scan before being treated as a definitive reading.

Catalogue description

Original correspondence scan imported from the Sands and Ferguson family archive. Source file: 19550629a.jpg.

Machine transcript — unreviewed

Warry Feifitson Woldings Ge Gritinuation Sheet 2, TRANSMISSION. In your letter of June 22ni you say you are going to send me a rough drawing. I will await this and then write you further. Believe me, I am deeply interested in this transmission despite the good progress we are now making with our own. The latest news on cur Owm transmission is, indeed, good but it doesn't mean there isn’t @ big field for yours if it would work out. I wish you would put that bright brain of yours-to work on a little matter I mentioned to you before. - After long and most careful thinking, and after protecting the idea,in combination with others things, of a switch operated by the driver getting in and out of the car, we have come to the conclusion that this is the only safe method for the future as well as being simple. You know my life's ambition of eliminating bits and pieces. There are 17 physical operations, or body movements, to get a car running in top gear. These, and the stopping movements, are as follows:- PHYSICAL MOVEMENTS START CAR. PHYSICAL MOVEMENTS STOP CAR. 1. Switch on. 1. Close throttle. 2. Press starter. 2. Put out clutch, 3. Put out clutch. 3. Put in neutral. 4. Put inist gear. 4. Let in clutch, 5. Put off hand-brake. 5. Apply footbrake. 6. Open throttle. 6. Apply handbrake. 7. Let clutch in, 7. Switch off. 8. Close throttle. 9. Put clutch out. 10. Put in 2nd gear. Wi. Let clutch in. 712. Open throttle. 135. Close throttle.