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).
Request to fit a 7.00' diameter air silencer to the Spectre II (31-EX) chassis, replacing the existing 6.00' unit.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 91\3\ scan0095 | |
| Date | 13th September 1935 | |
| To RHC.{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} x300 Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Wym.{G. Harold Whyman - Experimental Manager}26/KW.13.9.35. SpectreCodename for Phantom III II (31-EX). Will you please fit to the above chassis an air silencer of 7.00" dia. in place of the present one of 6.00" dia. We have a 7.00" dia. air silencer fitted to SpectreCodename for Phantom III I, which could be used if new flanges were fitted to suit the reverse throttle type of carburetter. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/G.H.Whyman. | ||