Request to send engine covers to a supplier for the creation of a split oil seal for the Spectre engine.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 93\5\ scan0106 | |
| Date | 8th July 1935 | |
| To RHC. {R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} +317 Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Gry. {Shadwell Grylls} 2/KW. 8.7.35. We have asked the Gits Oil Seal people to make us a split seal for the rear crankshaft bearing of the Spectre(Codename for Phantom III) engine. They require for this purpose 2 covers to E.84880/1. Will you please arrange for these to be sent to :- Messrs. Charles Weston & Co.Ltd., Lincoln Chambers, Portsmouth Street, Kingsway, London, W.C.2. 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).