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).
Lack of sympathy for a design alteration regarding the New Phantom Chassis exhaust noises and cutout control.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 66\2\ scan0309 | |
| Date | 9th December 1927 | |
| W/S CWB. c. Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} c. BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} c. PN.{Mr Northey} X8230 EP{G. Eric Platford - Chief Quality Engineer}11/H9.12.27. re. New PhantomCodename for PHANTOM I Chassis Exhaust Noises. Cutout Control. With reference to the last paragraph of your CWB5/GM/6.12.27. This I have done, but am afraid I have not got very much sympathy in regard to any question of alteration to design, which I was afraid would be the case as explained to you when we discussed this matter in London on the 6th. inst. In thrashing this matter out with Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} and BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} it would appear that the only way in which this feature will receive any sympathy from the point of view of design is for you to submit the case to R.{Sir Henry Royce} EP.{G. Eric Platford - Chief Quality Engineer} | ||