Status report on various components including Wraith steering gear, Phantom III parts, and Bentley units, with promised and completion dates from 1936.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 123\4\ scan0305 | |
| Date | 24th October 1936 | |
| -3- G.84591 Triangle Lever - Frgs promised 24.10.36. G.84592 " " " " 24.10.36. G.84593 " " - Proof " 26.10.36. G.84594 " " " " 26.10.36. G.84583 Axle Yoke - Frgs. " 23.10.36. G.84584 " " " " 23.10.36. G.84585 Cross Strg. Lever M {Mr Moon / Mr Moore} /C completion 31.10.36. G.84586 Side Strg. Lever. " " 31.10.36. Rm. {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} 185 Rocking Shaft. " " 26. 10.36. Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /AFM. {Anthony F. Martindale} 20/KW.23.9.36. Wraith Steering Gear. Cannot obtain parts from production - FS {F. Steele} to look into this report to HPS. {Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} 11. Fan. Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Std.3/JH.21.9.36. Phantom III Fan Drives. Machining to be completed by 26.10.36. Now COMPLETED 23.10.36. Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Std.1/JH.5.9.36. Replica of Cadillac (S. 16/6) Blades completed - flange being urged - OO material. 12. Radiators. Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Std.8/JH.7.8.36. Phantom III Assembly with Gally matrix Owing to production W. Smith cannot give completion promise. Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Std.6/JH.6.10.36. Radiator with lightened matrix & latest type yokes. To be fitted to 35-Ex before going to France. 13. Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Std.9/JH.24.9.36. Phantom III Cyl. Head modified for measurement of heat to exhaust jackets. Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Std.28/JH.24.9.36. Anti corrosion treatment, of Ph.III Crankcase & Cylinders carry out on No. 14 Unit. 14 Bentley Units. B-3. Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Swdl. {Len H. Swindell} 4/JH.8.10.36. fitted with:- Big-End Liners in R.R. 56 Solid material: Main Bearing liners in AC.1 forged alloy. 3-EE.2970 Exhaust Valve in KE. 965. 3-EB.2970 " " " S/SLV. Close clearance. Passed to Test. 20.10.36. Continued. | ||
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).