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(French test region). 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} | ||
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).