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).
Pedal travel alterations on the chassis and a postscript about testing a new Spectre single plate clutch.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 103\1\ scan0155 | |
| Date | 4th February 1935 | |
| -2- We are writing this memo, because we think it advisable to ask for No. (3) at a time when it is easier to make alterations to the chassis. We do not see why the pedal travel should not be as great as on the Phantom. By increasing the travel of the clutch pedal, that of the brake pedal goes up also. No-one will dispute the advantages to be gained in this direction. HS{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Gry.{Shadwell Grylls} P.S. Since writing this we have been able to try the new SpectreCodename for Phantom III single plate clutch on the road, and can confirm that with an overall ratio of 66 to 1 the pedal effort to de-clutch is very light, but that the clutch does not free sufficiently for first or reverse gears to be engaged. | ||