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).
Cases of the second gear jumping out on the Phantom II model.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 15\5\ Scan421 | |
| Date | 19th August 1935 | |
| S/W....Hd{Mr Hayward/Mr Huddy}/BB c. to E c. to Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} GRY{Shadwell Grylls} x728 C5/C19.8.35 RE SECOND GEAR JUMPING OUT..PHANTOM II. Hd{Mr Hayward/Mr Huddy}/SB{Mr Bull/Mr Bannister}11/HR17.8.35 We note you have had another of these, viz. 70-PY, Mr. Sandburg. We have since ascertained that the car mentioned by Col.Bristowe ( EXB-24 ) is Mrs.Corrigan. This is one we already know of, so that the total is now 6. We note you have sent the necessary parts to Rob. to deal with 70-PY, and Hopkinson will deal with those in Switzerland and Italy. C. | ||