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).
Unavailability of Phantom III clutch plates for Chassis No. 3-CP-16 and sourcing further supplies.
Identifier | ExFiles\Box 96\1\ scan0189 | |
Date | 16th August 1937 | |
W/N. To Br/G.{Mr Griffiths - Chief Accountant / Mr Gnapp} from Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/NRC.{N. R. Chandler} 361 Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/NRC.{N. R. Chandler}2/AP.16.8.37 Re. Chassis No.3-CP-16. Brig. Gen. Critchley. In reply to your Br/G.5%G.14.8.37. we regret that at the moment we have not another P.III. clutch plate left but the writer is, however, going to Leamington today to see Messrs Borg & Beck, so that by tomorrow we hope to be able to let you have some more definite information about further supplies. Therefore, we can only confirm that we have not a single plate available, apart from the two we sent you on Friday last. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/NRC.{N. R. Chandler} | ||