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 the inclusion of modified cylinder blocks for Phantom III & Wraith III units.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 8\6\ 06-page36 | |
| Date | 9th September 1938 | |
| 619 also 419. To HPS.{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} from Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Swdl.{Len H. Swindell} Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Swdl.{Len H. Swindell}2/AH.9.9.38. CYLINDER BLOCKS (P.III & WRAITH III.) Will you please include the modified cylinder blocks to MOD.871 on the three new units you are building for us, namely P.III No.10, P.III Nos. 6 and 7. The modification is to assist the foundry in their casting and represents an economy in production. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Swdl.{Len H. Swindell} | ||