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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).
Design status report on items for Bentley, Phantom II, and Spectre chassis.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 30\4\  Scan278
Date  20th September 1934 guessed
  
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ITEM
DESIGN POSITION.

BENTLEY CHASSIS - CONTINUED.

Lagged intermediate exhaust expansion box. In hand.
Preliminary layout for stiffened frame and separate gearbox. In hand.
Headlamp stiffening crossmember and front apron. Completed.

PHANTOM II CHASSIS.

Flexible petrol feed pipe - to suit flexible engine mounting. Abandoned.
Flexible Autovac suction pipe - to suit flexible engine mounting. Abandoned.
2nd Speed S/M gearbox - spherical bearing for change gear shaft. Completed.
Spring loaded valves for damper governor pump. In hand.
Instrument patch to suit veneered instrument board. In hand.

SPECTRECodename for Phantom III CHASSIS.

Rear axle buffer - improved type. Put aside.
Variable periodicity device in spring cylinder I.F.W.S. Completed.
Filter for auto adjusting tappets. Put aside.
  
  


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