Dissatisfaction with the slow running on the Spectre camshaft and the intention to trial a modified version.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 93\5\ scan0015 | |
| Date | 11th March 1935 | |
| To RHC. {R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} c. to Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Swdl. {Len H. Swindell} +307 Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Smth.18/KW.11.3.35. Spectre(Codename for Phantom III) Camshaft. We are still not satisfied with the slow running on Spectre(Codename for Phantom III) and wish to try a camshaft similar to E.86371 but with more negative overlap and with shortened closing toes on the cams. Attached are Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} 1832/8 giving particulars of the shaft. Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Smth. | ||
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).