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 fit a new Dynamometer DPX4 to No. 5 Bed - Spectre, as the existing brake has dangerous vibrations.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 143\1\ scan0117 | |
| Date | 4th December 1935 | |
| To Mr. Peskett. x1209 Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Swdl.{Len H. Swindell}6/KW.4.12.35. No. 5 Bed - SpectreCodename for Phantom III. Will you please fit the Dynamometer DPX4, which was ordered by us, through EJJ, and which you now have in stock. The existing brake has bad vibration periods at high speeds, and is becoming too dangerous to continue running with, and we should like the new brake installing as soon as possible. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/L.H.Swindall. | ||