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).
Request to manufacture a modified Phantom III camshaft to reduce valve seating noise.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 93\5\ scan0026 | |
| Date | 7th October 1935 | |
| To RHC.{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} X 307 Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Smth.18/KW. 7.10.35. Phantom III Camshaft. We want to try a camshaft similar to Ex.18044 but with a longer closing toe, in an attempt to reduce valve seating noise. Will you therefore make us a shaft with the same timing as Ex.18044 and with the extra keyway Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}1768, but using form E.86370. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Smth. | ||