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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).
List of outstanding modifications required for car 111 Peregrine II.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 169\3\  img005
Date  6th December 1932
  
P3.

To RHC.{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} From Ha/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}
c. to BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer}

Ha/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}8/WJ.6.12.32.

111 PEREGRINE 11.

This car is to go to France in about a fortnight's time. The outstanding jobs requiring modification are :-

(1) Engine bottom half with ribs.
(2) Large dia. servo. R.A.Sch.280.
(3) Clutch leverages to lighten pedal pressure (Cry) *-
(4) Latest front engine mounting. LeC.3285.
(5) Latest exhaust system (Lid.{A. J. Lidsey}).
(6) Rear axle with altered brake adjustment and stiffer toggle shaft. *-
(7) Rev. counter drive.
(8) Clutch driven member with damped spring drive.
(9) Shock absorbers with improved glands, modified bearing, three feet on the front. *-
(10) New unit fitting, now on the test bed.
(11) Front axle with stiffer actuating shafts.
(12) Slower speed fan.
Will BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} please finish instructions of parts marked with an *- which we believe are not yet completed.

Ha/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}
  
  


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