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).
Engine component failures and mileage for Phantom III experimental cars.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 83\3\ scan0070 | |
| Date | 16th November 1937 | |
| -4- 16th. November 1937. PHANTOM III - CONT'D.{John DeLooze - Company Secretary} 32-EX. May 1936. Big ends badly cracked up after 10,000. Mains cracking up at 10,000 miles. 35-EX. February 1937. Big ends failed 11,210. New set fitted. Replacement set bad after 9,500 miles. Nos. 3 and 6 intermediate mains breaking up after 20,000. Others fair for mileage. 32-EX. June 1937. (Overdrive gearbox). Big end failed after 15,680 miles, others breaking up. Intermediate mains poor after 16,000. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/IMW.{Ivan M. Waller - Head of Chateauroux} | ||