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).
Instructing to incorporate a scheme to prevent oil from leaking into the clutch pit.
Identifier | ExFiles\Box 91\3\ scan0084 | |
Date | 21th August 1935 | |
+300a (2) Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Swdl.{Len H. Swindell}/KW. 21.8.35. To RMO. SpectreCodename for Phantom III. Will you please incorporate the scheme Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}2089 on the 10,000 mile unit which is being built. This is an arrangement evolved by G.W.H. to prevent oil leaking into the clutch pit. This scheme can also be fitted to No. 1 unit when again assembled. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/L.H.Swindall. | ||