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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).
Fitting of Thermoid faced Long type clutch plates to Phantom III customer and sales trial cars.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 96\1\  scan0213
Date  10th September 1937
  
To Hd.{Mr Hayward/Mr Huddy}
c. to G/Rb.{R. Bowen}
c. to By.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer}

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also
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Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/NRC.{N. R. Chandler}11/JH.10.9.37.

Phantom III Clutch.

Attached is a list of 39 customers cars and 2 Sales Trials cars which have been fitted with Thermoid faced Long type plates, supplied by Exptl. Dept. prior to Sept. 6th.

After that date supplies are taken over by RHC.{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer}

The 30 supplied after Aug. 2nd. were taken from the 100 on order from Borg & Beck, but of the 11 supplied prior to that date, some were made up in Exptl. Dept. and some were Long plates of American Manufacture.

The original arrg. drg. EX.27309 is now superceeded by G.85600.

Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/NRC.{N. R. Chandler}
  
  


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