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).
Instructions to fit a camshaft and cylinder heads to Spectre No.5 unit for testing prior to fitting roller tappets.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 93\5\ scan0019 | |
| Date | 15th May 1935 | |
| X307 To RHC.{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} c. to Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/FD.{Frank Dodd - Bodies} c. to Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Swdl.{Len H. Swindell} Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}15/KW.15.5.35. Will you please fit the camshaft to Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}1832 to SpectreCodename for Phantom III No.5 unit at present on the Test Bed, and at the same time put its own cylinder heads on this unit, replacing the ones at present fitted on No.2 unit in No.2 car. After a test on this camshaft in No.5 unit, we will fit the roller tappets. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ||