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).
Speedometer revolutions for 19-inch wheels on a Phantom II.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 17\7\ Scan091 | |
| Date | 24th September 1932 | |
| X 7810. BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} from Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/GWH.{George W. Hancock - Head Chateauroux} Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/GWH.{George W. Hancock - Head Chateauroux}3/KT. 24.9.32. Re. 19" WHEELS FOR PHANTOM II. The speedometer revs. as fitted to 19-EX were 774 per mile. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Wst. ordered 789 revs, but the makers could not give these revs. We have been satisfied with the speedometer on 19-EX with 774.revs. HS{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/GWH.{George W. Hancock - Head Chateauroux} | ||