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).
To halt production of the Continental Phantom's cast dash after tests revealed it was insufficiently rigid.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 14\4\ Scan033 | |
| Date | 9th March 1923 | |
| +7500 To EY. from Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rn.{Mr Robinson} Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rn{Mr Robinson}2/LG9.3.23. CONTINENTAL PHANTOM - CAST DASH. X7430 You will see from the reports of our tests in France that the cast dash is insufficiently rigid to carry the steering column. Modifications will therefore have to be made to this item. Will you please hold up the production of the cast dash until we have some further designs. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rn.{Mr Robinson} | ||