Scrapping the Spectre I frame and rebuilding the chassis with a longer wheelbase, potentially as a new standard.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 92\1\ scan0203 | |
| Date | 21th November 1935 | |
| Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} 4304 To L, from Sg. {Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} Copy to Wop.Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} I.C.2.Cr. {Mr Cra’ster / Mr Chichester} re P.III. Sg {Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} 6/E21.11.35 Referring to the new body for Spectre(Codename for Phantom III) I, i.e. the all-steel body, confirming my conversation yesterday, as I understand that in any case the frame of Spectre(Codename for Phantom III) I will have to be scrapped because it is out of date, I should like to see this chassis re-built with an 8" longer wheelbase, i.e. bringing us back to the wheelbase of the P.II but with the body dimensions the same as for the present large-bodied P.III. I think that later/we may find it beneficial to make this the standard/P.III and have the present wheelbase for the Continental/model, but in any case it will be a useful and valuable test to see what improvement is effected in the ride and whatvis the advantage from the point of view of handling in London traffic. Sg. {Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} | ||
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).