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).
List of 10 jobs to be carried out on a Phantom III, chassis 32-EX.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 92\3\ scan0136 | |
| Date | 2nd March 1937 | |
| HPS.{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} from Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Whym. J .300 An. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Whym.1/AP.2.3.37. PHANTOM III. 32-EX. We wish to send the above car into the Fitting Shop for the following jobs. Will you please let me know when you will be in a position to accept the car. 1. Fit raised engine mounting. 2. Fit new 4 port cylinder heads. 3. Reverse propeller shaft so that the sliding joint is at the rear end - the propeller shaft damper to be retained at the front end. 4. Examine rear axle gears - noisy both ways between 30 - 40 M.P.H. 5. Examine trunnion ball race - still very noisy. 6. Examine poundage of cross and side steering tubes - steering is getting worse for 'NIBBLING' 7. Shorten front brake rope - streched. 8. Examine O/S. rear jack - will not return unless forced, after car has been jacked up. 9. Change speedometer drive - noisy. 10. Oil gauge not working in crankcase. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Whym. | ||