Clutch jaggering issues on 'New Phantom' cars, listing specific chassis and actions taken.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 66\4\ scan0037 | |
| Date | 13th November 1925 | |
| 48300 BJ4/H13.11.25. To Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} from BJ Copy to.... BT. {Capt. J. S. Burt - Engineer} EP {G. Eric Platford - Chief Quality Engineer} (BT. {Capt. J. S. Burt - Engineer} and EP. {G. Eric Platford - Chief Quality Engineer} are struck through) "NEW PHANTOM(Codename for PHANTOM I)" CLUTCHES. I attach a copy of Bt {Capt. J. S. Burt - Engineer} 3/EP {G. Eric Platford - Chief Quality Engineer} 9.11.25. I understand there have been a number of cases of clutch jaggering on New Phantom(Codename for PHANTOM I) cars, including the following:- Chassis 69-MC, Fairclough. Bt. {Capt. J. S. Burt - Engineer} reported; car went to N. Chassis 17-HC, Hemery. Dealt with by CWB. Chassis 50-HC, Lester. We are trying to get the car to N. as a result of Cr {Mr Cra’ster / Mr Chichester} 's report. Chassis 54-HC, Hankey. Mentioned to us by Col. Cyril Hankey, brother of the owner, who drove the car with his brother to Sandwich on delivery and compared the clutch unfavourably with his own Silver Ghost(1907 40/50 historic RAC 15,000 miles trial) of recent make. CWB. has has several cases where he has been unable to pass cars for this fault and has had them remedied at N. B.J. | ||
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).