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).
Secret memo regarding the proposed 12-cylinder 'SPECTRE' Vee engine.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 179b\1\ img097 | |
| Date | 1st October 1932 | |
| FROM R.{Sir Henry Royce} C. to SC. WOB. LS. BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} ORIGINAL SECRET R6/4 1.10.32. x 3993 12 CYL. VEE ENGINE. (SUGGESTED CODE WORD "SPECTRECodename for Phantom III".) We hope soon to be ready for our next car job at W.W., and shall be pleased if you will let one of the draughtsmen working under you send us an outline of the probable space required by the proposed 12 cyl. Vee engine. R.{Sir Henry Royce} | ||