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).
Requesting urgent work on a Phantom Cylinder head for No. 5 Test.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 14\3\ Scan061 | |
| Date | 21th April 1931 | |
| To RHC.{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} From Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/LS. x705D. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/LS.5/KT. 21.4.31. Will you please carry out the following work on Phantom Cylinder head (large valves) which we have in No.5 Test. (1) machine cylinder head face .100 +10 -5 (2) Remove valve guides and machine to suit extra valve springs (E.34350). (3) Head to be fitted up without bottom spring washer and felt washer, two springs, outer being standard. Phantom and inner (E.34350) being used with the standard spring cap. (4) Cylinder head gasket to be replaced by alum. washer 24.SWG (.022). These are urgently required. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/LS. | ||