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).
The impossibility of removing the gearbox lid on Phantom II cars with close-coupled bodies.
Identifier | ExFiles\Box 14\8\ Scan197 | |
Date | 31th December 1929 | |
S/W. Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} from Sg.{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} X7380 Sg{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD}11/D31.12.29. Re: Phantom II Subframes. You will remember the point raised by PN.{Mr Northey} when he returned WJ-1, in regard to the impossibility of removing the lid{A. J. Lidsey} of the gearbox. I do not seem to have ever seen any reply on this subject, but from enquiries I have made here I gather that whereas it is possible to remove the lid{A. J. Lidsey} on Phantom II cars with the standard subframe, it is not possible to do so on the ones for close coupled bodies. I should be glad of confirmation that this is so, and I will then take the matter up with Ev.{Ivan Evernden - coachwork} as I assume that it is really a design question. Sg.{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} | ||