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).
Requesting changes to parts for the Continental Phantom III for weight reduction.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 92\6\ scan0060 | |
| Date | 14th December 1936 | |
| To HPS.{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} from Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/FD.{Frank Dodd - Bodies} γ 300B Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/FD.{Frank Dodd - Bodies}20/AP.14.12.36. RE. CONTINENTAL PHANTOM III. Will you please arrange to have the following parts made of lighter gauge material with a view of weight reducing. Body brackets. Delete numbers two and four counting from the dashboard, the remaining brackets to be made in mild steel .092" thick in place of .128". The proposed thickness is that to be used on Wraith. Step Irons To be made in .092" mild steel instead of .104" Front wing stays To be made in .104" instead of .128" this is a gauge thinner. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/FD.{Frank Dodd - Bodies} | ||