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).
Instructions for despatching and handling Phantom III clutch plates, with a warning about the new Thermoid face cushion plate.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 96\1\ scan0186 | |
| Date | 13th August 1937 | |
| 367 HPS{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr}/WSC.{W. S. Cassel} from Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/NRC.{N. R. Chandler} C. - N. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/NRC.{N. R. Chandler}7/AP.13.8.37 PHANTOM III. CLUTCHES. Please despatch to N. per passenger train 2-Ex.27309 clutch plates. N. will advise us as to chassis numbers as soon as they are fitted. Will Derby please take particular care in packing these plates and N. in unpacking and subsequent handling, as we find the Thermoid face cushion plate is much more susceptible to injury than the older plates, and a bruise or rough handling may upset the run-out. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/NRC.{N. R. Chandler} | ||