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 request to change a faulty 'B' side cylinder head on a 35.EX Phantom III due to a water leak.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 92\3\ scan0348 | |
| Date | 21th February 1938 | |
| To HPS.{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} 300a Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/GR.{George Ratcliffe}2/JH.21.2.38. 35.EX PHANTOM III. Will you please change 'B' side cylinder head on the above car. This unit was recently stripped for inspection and it was then found that the central exhaust port had a bad water leak. The leak was caulked over but is still bad. It is understood that a similar cylinder head is available from No.6. unit. This is urgent as the car is required for Sg.{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} on Thursday morning. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/GR.{George Ratcliffe} | ||