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).
Letter to Donald Sessions & Co. requesting specifications and costs for two proposals for built-in hydraulic jacks for the Phantom III.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 139\1\ scan0381 | |
| Date | 31th March 1937 | |
| Copy to E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} H.{Arthur M. Hanbury - Head Complaints} De. Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} RHC.{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} HPS.{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} Roy.{Sir Henry Royce} 1166 E/Ev.{Ivan Evernden - coachwork}4/HN.{F. C. Honeyman - Retail orders} 31st. March, 1937. Messrs. Donald Sessions & Co., 906, Harrow Road, Willesden, London, N.W.10. Dear Sirs, Re Jacks for Phantom III. As the matter of built-in hydraulic jacks is receiving urgent attention, in connection with the matter of cost and weight, we would be very pleased if you could favour us with a reply to our letter ref: E/Ev.{Ivan Evernden - coachwork}2/HN{F. C. Honeyman - Retail orders} dated March 2nd., which confirmed that you would be sending us a revised specification for built-in jacks on the Phantom III, including certain economies, both with respect to the scheme as at present used and also with respect to a proposed scheme in which the front jacks would be on the lower triangles. We would be glad to receive your specifications and costs for these two proposals as soon as possible. Yours faithfully, For and on behalf of ROLLS-ROYCE LTD., Design Dept. | ||