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).
Proposal to modify exhaust valve guides and cylinder bosses for the Phantom model following a test failure.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 14\6\ Scan266 | |
| Date | 1st October 1932 | |
| DY.{F R Danby} c. Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} 87230. E/JNR.{Charles L. Jenner}2/HP.1.10.32. re Phantom. Please receive LeC.3200 Cylinder Head and Exhaust Valve Guides. The drawing shows the modified exhaust valve guide and cylinder bosses. This is our proposal to overcome the recent failure to the guides. The last car on the 10,000 mile test finished with some of these guides badly jumped up at the bottom end. E/JNR.{Charles L. Jenner} | ||