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).
Request to modify the Phantom III front brake drums based on a previous modification to the rear drums.
Identifier | ExFiles\Box 92\4\ scan0277 | |
Date | 1st January 1937 | |
AFHA File 306 BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} c. Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/AFM.{Anthony F. Martindale} HPS.{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} RHC.{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} Da.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design}2/HP.1.1.37. Phantom III Front Brake Drums. With further reference to Da.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design}5/HP.24.12.36, referring to the rear drums, we should be glad if you would modify the front drums in the same way as indicated on N.Sch. 4980 to meet the views of the outside suppliers of cast iron. Da.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design} | ||