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).
Weight reduction strategies for the Continental Phantom III, including material changes and frame construction.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 96\4\ scan0066 | |
| Date | 3rd June 1936 | |
| K358 To Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Gry.{Shadwell Grylls} c. to Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/FD.{Frank Dodd - Bodies} c. to Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Wym.{G. Harold Whyman - Experimental Manager} c. to Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Les.{Ivan A. Leslie} c. to Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Swdl.{Len H. Swindell} c. to Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/AFM.{Anthony F. Martindale} c. to Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Std. c. to Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/FJH.{Fred J. Hardy - Chief Dev. Engineer} Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}19/KW.3.6.36. Continental Phantom III. Attached is a specification for the Continental Ph.III. We have got to try and get some weight off the chassis. Will everyone get out detailed comparisons of the weights of the Ph.II compared with the weights of the Ph.III on their own particular section, so that we can see exactly where we are better or worse off than previously. When we re-build 30-EX we are going to re-build it as a Continental car. We should like any suggestions for weight saving including in the comparison, showing how much weight can be saved by making the parts at present in aluminium in magnesium. We should also like Les.{Ivan A. Leslie} to tell us what would be saved by using Wraith frame construction on the Phantom III. Will each individual let me have a detailed specification of the section in which he is interested. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} Att: Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}2/KW.21.5.36. | ||