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).
Letter from 'The Motor' magazine querying the weights of Phantom III engine components.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 160\5\ scan0344 | |
| Date | 20th August 1941 | |
| The Motor PROPRIETORS: TEMPLE PRESS LIMITED MANAGING DIRECTOR: ROLAND E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} DANGERFIELD. DIRECTOR AND GENERAL MANAGER: ROBERT ASHWORTH. LONDON: BOWLING GREEN LANE E.C.1 TELEPHONE TERMINUS 3636 (P.B. EX.) TELEGRAMS PRESSIMUS SMITH LONDON CABLES PRESSIMUS LONDON BIRMINGHAM: 61-65 NEW STREET TELEPHONE MIDLAND 4117 (P.B. EX.) TELEGRAMS PRESSWORK BIRMINGHAM COVENTRY: 50 HERTFORD STREET TELEPHONE COVENTRY 60095 (P.B. EX.) TELEGRAMS PRESSWORK COVENTRY MANCHESTER: 274 DEANSGATE TELEPHONE BLACKFRIARS 5038 (P.B. EX.) TELEGRAMS PRESSWORK MANCHESTER HEAD OFFICE: BOWLING GREEN LANE, LONDON, E.C.1 M/131/BT.{Capt. J. S. Burt - Engineer} 20th August, 1941. W.A. Robotham, Esq., Rolls Royce, Ltd., DERBY. Dear Robotham, Thank you very much indeed for your comprehensive reply to my letter about the Phantom III engine weights. Might I trouble you a little further by asking if you would agree the following as being reasonably correct for the aluminium parts therein? I have indicated the total group weight as given by you in brackets so that the difference between the figure that I quote and the bracketed figures is an allowance for the ferrous fraction of the group. PISTONS & GUDGEON PINS 12 lbs. ..... (15 lbs.) / 1lb 5ozs / with LOWER HALF, OIL FEED PIPE AND OIL TRAY 23 lbs. ..... (28 lbs. 13 ozs.) WHEEL CASE. 5 lbs. ..... (7 lbs. 8 3/4 ozs.) P.T.O. | ||