New rear suspension scheme for the Phantom III model, being tested in France.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 95\2\ scan0095 | |
| Date | 11th June 1936 | |
| +346 To E. {Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} c. to By {R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} /Cgh. {W Clough} Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Gry. {Shadwell Grylls} 14/KW.11.6.36. Phantom III Rear Suspension. The scheme at present running in France on 32-EX consists of the new front anchorage suitable for the rubber shackle with the present spring adapted to drawings Ex.22630/1/2. On completion of the test in France this can be fitted on production until we are ready to standardise rubber shackles. Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Gry. {Shadwell Grylls} | ||
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).