Rattling issue with radiator shutters on Spectre & 20/25 models and a proposal to test a spring-loaded design.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 94\3\ scan0014 | |
| Date | 16th August 1935 | |
| To RHC. {R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} X 340 Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Std.11/KW.16.8.35. Radiator Shutters - Spectre(Codename for Phantom III) & 20/25. One of the troubles which has always been experienced with radiator shutters on R.R. cars has been that of rattles, and we expect that the new Spectre(Codename for Phantom III) shutters will not be an exception in this respect. We wish to try a scheme using spring loaded shutters and for this purpose we shall work on a 20/25 car. We are sending you herewith a scheme for spring-loading the 20/25 shutters - Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} 2083. Will you please have the necessary pieces detailed and made for us to test this scheme. Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Std. | ||
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).