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).
List of modifications and tasks for specific cars sent to the shop and for the test department.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 82\4\ scan0071 | |
| Date | 1st January 1935 | |
| R 4553 Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}3/MJ.1.1.35. CARS TO SHOP. B-23-AE - Whitemetal rods to be fitted. Hay's. lever for improvement of gear lever rattle to be fitted. VULTURE - Torque member and correct wheels to be fitted for dynamometer test. 3-B-1V. - Thin disc flywheel to be fitted. The front shock absorbers to be back to Standard. 19-G-1V. - Inertia dampers on rear. SpectreCodename for Phantom III low rating front springs. 1-B-1V. - 10/43 axle gears. A magnesium gearbox and B.3 unit to be fitted. WORK FOR TEST DEPT. (1) Review spare parts kept in stock, scrapping where necessary and alloting material to be stored at Shardlow. (2) Check over smoothness of B-23-AE. with Whitemetal con. rods. Modify exhaust system if necessary. (3) Work on SpectreCodename for Phantom III exhaust system. (4) Dynamometer of the SpectreCodename for Phantom III gearbox in the Vulture. (5) Silencing the Bentley valve mechanism. (6) 20-G-1V. to have servo improvements fitted as on 21-G-1V. (7) 3-B-1V. bodywork and wings, to be dealt with by Sanderson & Holmes. Afterwards tests on disc flywheel to be carried out. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ||