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).
Status report on cars undergoing testing in the experimental garage as of September 30th.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 123\4\ scan0341 | |
| Date | 5th October 1937 | |
| To Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} from Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/FD.{Frank Dodd - Bodies} c. HPS{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr}/CEP. File Spare 1042? Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/FD.{Frank Dodd - Bodies}8/MH.{M. Huckerby}5.10.37. CARS IN EXPL. GARAGE. SEPT. 30TH. Phantom III. 32-EX. Stripped in the fitting shop for examination after 17,000 miles. 33-EX. Tests with reduced supply to automatic tappets, clutch linings tests, carburation tests, suspension tests with Armstrong dampers, tests on body side-ways shake. Petrol pumps in the frame. Tests on improved rear engine mounting. 35-EX. Tests with Cadillac engine damper, overdrive gear box, running experience on fixed tappet, petrol pumps in the frame. 36-EX. Used by Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} for running experience on clutch, over-drive gearbox, tappets, dampers and roll bar, brakes. 37-EX. Tests on fixed tappets, clutch linings with modified pedal movement, tests being carried out to improve engine stalling when starting from rest. Petrol pumps in the frame. 39-EX. Car dismantled in the fitting shop being prepared for 15,000 miles test. 4¼ Litre Bentley. 1-B-4. Used for brake testing with various makes of linings and drums. Big ends in Hall's metal. Cyl block made by Midland Cyl Co. 3-B-4. Cooling tests, tests on the skid pan with various types of large tyres. Tests with studebaker prop. shaft dampers. Lightened Packard crankshaft. Thermoid clutch linings. Armstrong damper. Small pendulum lever and large tyres. | ||