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).
Confirmation of instructions to modify the Phantom III side levers, specifically shortening the hand brake lever knob and adjusting the gear lever position.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 94\1\ scan0194 | |
| Date | 17th September 1935 | |
| ADY. from E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} c. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} RHC{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer}: R x328 E.3/HP.17.9.35. SECRET. re Phantom 3 Side Levers. This is to confirm that you will instruct Works to shorten the hand brake lever knob by 1/2", which can be easily done, and set the gear lever out until the knob is in the same plane as the hand brake lever but 1/2" further forward than it is now. E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} | ||