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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).
Request to preserve and refit a crankshaft bearing with an oillite cage for further endurance testing.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 93\5\  scan0109
Date  24th September 1935
  
To RHC.{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer}

X317

Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Gry.{Shadwell Grylls}8/KW. 24.9.35.

SpectreCodename for Phantom III Crankshaft.

The small bearing with an oillite cage in the rear end of the crankshaft which has done 20,000 miles on SpectreCodename for Phantom III III appears to be still in good condition.

Will you please carefully preserve this particular bearing and make sure that it is fitted in whatever engine is fitted in SpectreCodename for Phantom III III car for the next 10,000 miles in France. We do not think that one run is sufficient to prove the lasting qualities of an oillite cage.

Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Gry.{Shadwell Grylls}
  
  


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