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).
Urgent internal request to order a standard Phantom III speedometer for chassis 34-EX.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 165\2\ img014 | |
| Date | 1st February 1937 | |
| To HPS{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr}/CEP. from Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Wst. 6057 Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Wst.5/AP.1.2.37. Will you please arrange to order from the A.T. Company, one standard Phantom III. speedometer, arranged with a revs. per mile figure of 695. This speedometer is very urgently required for Chassis 34-EX, which is being prepared for the Press Trip, and must be in our hands by Thursday morning next. It would be as well to telephone for this speedometer in order to avoid delay. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Wst. | ||