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).
Failed exhaust valve on a Phantom III cylinder head and the supply of prints for a modified replacement.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 134\2\ scan0077 | |
| Date | 2nd September 1936 | |
| To RHC.{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} Copy to Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} Ba. BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Edwards. X1129 E/PSN.3/MN.2.9.36. Edwards. See me Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} Car Universal Single Cylinder Unit. Phantom III Cylinder Head. We find that the exhaust valve which failed on the above unit and scrapped the cylinder head was of an obsolete type, and we send you herewith two prints of RS.{Sir Henry Royce's Secretary}312 of a modified exhaust valve of the latest type. We should be pleased if you would put this in hand as soon as possible together with a replacement cylinder head. E/PSN. Att: RS.{Sir Henry Royce's Secretary}312. | ||