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).
Secret memorandum detailing a modification to Spectre steering ball end bushes, changing the material from hardened steel to bronze.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 95\1\ scan0171 | |
| Date | 5th June 1935 | |
| To EY. from Da.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design} c.c. HS.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} RHC.{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} SECRET. Da.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design}2/HP.5.6.35. K 350 SpectreCodename for Phantom III - Steering Ball Ends. To remove the difficulty of hardening the bushes in the cross steering tube ball ends, we have made N. Sch.4523 herewith, in which we have modified the dimension so as to use bronze bushes instead of hardened steel. N.Sch.4523.herewith. Da.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design} | ||