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).
Failure of an exhaust pipe connection on a Phantom III and the roadside repair performed.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 91\2\ scan0148 | |
| Date | 15th July 1937 | |
| To. Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} c. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Wym.{G. Harold Whyman - Experimental Manager} c. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/GWH.{George W. Hancock - Head Chateauroux} File (Handwritten Signature) 3.00a (Handwritten) Wynns See me, Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} (Handwritten notes and signature) CHATEAUROUX. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/IMW{Ivan M. Waller - Head of Chateauroux}/5/JAB.15.7.37. 32-EX. PHANTOM III. Exhaust System. The connection between the exhaust pipe and the triangular stay on the engine side has gone altogether. There is now a blank hole about 1/4" deep in the boss on the pipe, and a gap of about 1.1/2" between this and the stay. As the parts are lost on the road, we cannot give exact details of the breakage. We have made a clamp to go round the pipe and attached to the triangular stay, in order to continue running. --------- Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/IMW.{Ivan M. Waller - Head of Chateauroux} | ||