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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).
Failed K.L.G. sparking plug on a Phantom III vehicle.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 162\5\  img028
Date  10th July 1937
  
WST .6001B.
CHATEAUROUX.
Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/IMW{Ivan M. Waller - Head of Chateauroux}/5/JAB. 10.7.37.
What is this plug intended for Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}

To. Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}
c.c. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Wst.
c.c. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/GWH.{George W. Hancock - Head Chateauroux}

32-EX. PHANTOM III.

K.L.G. Sparking Plugs FE.30.X.

Another of the FE.30.X.C. plugs fitted in place of the FE.30.X. plugs returned to you yesterday, has failed with a cracked insulator.

This has been despatched to you for examination.

We are now running with FE.30.X. in the Vee, and FE.30.X.C. on the exhaust sides.

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Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/IMW.{Ivan M. Waller - Head of Chateauroux}
  
  


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