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).
Confirming an order for a new coupling fabric for the Phantom III unit in No. 5 Test House.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 143\1\ scan0177 | |
| Date | 29th June 1936 | |
| x 1209 To EJJ/JV. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Swdl.{Len H. Swindell}6/JH. 29.6.36. No.5 Test House. This memo, to confirm that you are ordering immediately a new coupling fabric for the Phantom III unit in the above test house. Although this will get us going again, the existing tackle is obsolete and should be replaced by an up-to-date coupling between the unit and the dynamometer. Will you please instruct accordingly; the coupling required being to J.12525 as fitted to the production beds. HS{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/L.H.Swindall. | ||