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).
Requesting the measurement of the gearbox end float for the Spectre No. 2 Car.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 94\1\ scan0105 | |
| Date | 13th March 1935 | |
| To RHC.{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} x 328 Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Gry.{Shadwell Grylls}14/KW.13.3.35. SpectreCodename for Phantom III No. 2 Car. When you receive the gearbox for this car back from the Works, before refitting it to the chassis will you please measure the end float in both the first and third motion shafts. When first fitted to the car the slack somewhere in the gearbox was excessive and we should like to know the exact amount when we next run on the road. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Gry.{Shadwell Grylls} | ||