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).
Instruction for an experimental modification to the Phantom III radiator shutters to achieve a cost saving.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 94\3\ scan0145 | |
| Date | 9th March 1937 | |
| Radiator PhIII 57) Noted RWS/smy To P/Ldr. from HPS.{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} c. to Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/STD. 340. HPS.{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr}2/VS.{J. Vickers}9.3.37. PHANTOM III RADIATOR SHUTTERS. We have today instructed experimentally one set of radiator shutters, with the bearing strip bush deleted after 25/30H.P. practice. The saving per chassis has been estimated at 3/6d. exclusive of fitting costs. HPS.{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} [signature] | ||