Requesting an old axle from chassis 2-S-I be fitted to the Vulture car for dynamometer work.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 92\5\ scan0026 | |
| Date | 27th September 1935 | |
| x302 To RHC. {R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Gry. {Shadwell Grylls} 1/KW.27.9.35. Spectre(Codename for Phantom III) Rear Axle. We have asked Mx. {John H Maddocks - Chief Proving Officer} to return to you the old axle which was originally on Chassis 2-S-I. Will you please fit this to the Vulture(Experimental 6 CYL OHV LONG STROKE / Aero Engine) car so that we can carry out dynamometer work on this axle. At the same time will you please fit the new set of 25° obliquity gears which were prepared some time ago for the box of this car. Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Gry. {Shadwell Grylls} | ||
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).