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 supply the Experimental Garage with a new set of self-adjusting tappet gear for a Phantom III for cold starting tests.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 142\3\ scan0066 | |
| Date | 16th December 1936 | |
| 1204 To HPS.{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} from Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Swdl.{Len H. Swindell} Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Swdl.{Len H. Swindell}2/AP.16.12.36. PHANTOM III Will you please supply the Experimental Garage (F.Dodd) with a complete new set of self adjusting tappet gear including the following - 1. Rocker shafts. 2. Eccentric rockers. 3. Distance pieces and brackets. 4. Rocker arms. These to be assembled with special bushes to the attached drawing Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}267. The above are urgent in connection with cold starting tests and (F.Dodd) will state the car on which he wants them fitted. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Swdl.{Len H. Swindell} | ||