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).
Rotted rubber water connections from a Phantom III 37.EX Unit No. 12 chassis.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 94\3\ scan0142 | |
| Date | 19th February 1937 | |
| 340. To Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} from HPS{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr}/RH.{R. Hollingworth} c. to Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/STD. c. to HPS.{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} HPS{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr}/RH.{R. Hollingworth}1/VS.{J. Vickers}19.2.37. PHANTOM III 37.EX. UNIT NO. 12. RUBBER WATER CONNECTIONS. Herewith rubber water connections E.87203 and 87197. removed from above chassis, the inside of which has rotted probably due to ethylene glycol used in the cooling system. The above connections, which are Standard Production, were fitted to the above chassis 19.6.36., and have run 10,965 miles. R.{Sir Henry Royce} Hollingworth. [Handwritten initials] hli Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/STD | ||