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).
Modification to the Phantom II dynamometer test for the full torque on first gear.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 133\4\ scan0348 | |
| Date | 7th July 1932 | |
| Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} from Mx{John H Maddocks - Chief Proving Officer} [handwritten number crossed out] 1004 Mx{John H Maddocks - Chief Proving Officer}6/T7.7.32. Phantom II Dynamometer Test Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}2/AD5.7.32. I have discussed with EP{G. Eric Platford - Chief Quality Engineer} the point you raised, and we agree, in view of your experience with the rear Universal joint, to modifying the full torque test on first gear. | ||