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).
Proposal to test .3 carbon steel instead of nickel steel for Phantom III side and cross steering tubes to save cost.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 95\1\ scan0373 | |
| Date | 17th December 1936 | |
| 350 To BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} Copy to E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} Dr. Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} NHC. HPS.{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} E/Ev.{Ivan Evernden - coachwork}5/MN.17.12.36. Phantom III Side and Cross Steering Tubes. Further to our E/Ev.{Ivan Evernden - coachwork}3/MN.16.12.36 instructing the adjustable side steering tube to M.Sch.4967 and N.Sch.4968 but using a butted tube following the design for the Bentley III to N.Sch.4974, we would like to try on the bumping rig, side and cross steering tubes of .3 carbon steel in place of the present nickel steel, and so to effect a saving in cost. Ev.{Ivan Evernden - coachwork} | ||