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).
Notes from a meeting held at Derby regarding development work and issues on the Phantom III chassis.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 30\1\ Scan234 | |
| Date | 31th October 1935 | |
| x2424t Gx15/KW31.10.35. Notes of Meeting held at Derby on 30th October,1935. Present Wor{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} Sg.{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} O.{Mr Oldham} E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} Ldd. BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} Ru. Hx. Cx.{Major Len W. Cox - Advertising Manager} C H A S S I S. PHANTOM III For the purpose of dealing with development work Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}16/KW25.10.35 was gone through. Vapour Lock E.raised the point of shallow doors rendering it necessary to find some other place than in the side of the chassis frame behind deep doors, but it was pointed out that so far as we were concerned we thought shallow doors had been completely abandoned and knew of no case at present where this design was still utilised on R-R cars. Slow Running (Idling) The car at present in France is better in this respect by reason of improved carburation system and torque reaction dampers. Wor{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} stressed the importance of pushing on with the modified carburettor schemes, i.e. the Duplex carburettor or four or six ports. S said that the design for the four port scheme was completed and had been issued, and this is considered the more important development. It was suggested that it might take 12 months to bring this into production, but this was considered to be too long, and Wor{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} emphasized the importance of pushing on with this matter with all possible speed. The manufacture of the present scheme of four carburettors has for the time being been restricted to 50 sets Piston Knocks and Overoiling Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}16/KW25.10.35 makes it clear that the semi-split pistons are likely to overcome this trouble, and that these should also reduce oil consumption as soon as the knocks are eliminated. | ||