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).
Bedding of Spectre No. 2 pistons and requesting a modification for Spectre No. 5 pistons.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 94\5\ scan0093 | |
| Date | 13th March 1935 | |
| To RHC.{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} +356 Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Mths.{Reg Matthews}11/KW.13.3.35. SpectreCodename for Phantom III No: 2 Pistons. We should like the pistons B.V.42 recently removed from SpectreCodename for Phantom III No. 2 unit measured as the bedding of these pistons varies considerably. The particular pistons we are interested in are :- No. 4 A which shows a fairly good bedding. No. 5 B which shows a very narrow bedding. No. 5 A which shows a bedding to one side of centre line of piston on the pressure side. If the set of B.V. 42 pistons ordered for SpectreCodename for Phantom III No. 5 Unit have not reached grinding, we should like them held up at grinding stage as we wish to make a modification since seeing the pistons out of No. 2 unit. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Mths{Reg Matthews}: | ||