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 for details on a modified water pump drive coupling for the Phantom III, needed urgently for testing due to service failures.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 149a\1\ scan0205 | |
| Date | 1st April 1938 | |
| [Handwritten, crossed out] BY/NS{Norman Scott} [Handwritten, crossed out] o.{Mr Oldham} Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/etc. c. Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} 1269 DA.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design}6/G.1.4.38. [Handwritten] S.I.D. hw Ewall - Is this halfway ? Rms PHANTOM III. WATER PUMP DRIVE. Please receive E.CD.586 modified pump drive coupling to increase the flexibility, particularly to parallel out-of-alignment. The driving couplings on both dynamo and water pump are unaltered, the spring plates are Wraith III pieces, and the only new detail in the central connecting piece. Details are urgently required for test, as there have been several failures in service. DA.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design} | ||