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).
Instructing the cessation of fitting a filter gauze on Phantom III radiators due to choking issues.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 94\3\ scan0248 | |
| Date | 26th August 1937 | |
| To By.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} c. to Da.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design} 340 Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Std.8/JH.26.8.37. Phantom III Water Connection - LeC.5190 - Filter gauze on radiator outlet. We attach a copy of a memo. from Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/IMW.{Ivan M. Waller - Head of Chateauroux} referring to the choking up of the filter gauze on the radiator outlet of 32-EX car. This is extremely serious - will you please instruct the works to cease fitting this filter on Phantom III radiators immediately. Will you also please produce and detail an alternative scheme on the lines of the attached sketch for test purposes. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Std. | ||