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).
Request to dispatch two Phantom III clutch plates to Cricklewood due to exhausted stock, and for a follow-up report on their performance.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 93\3\ scan0317 | |
| Date | 21th June 1937 | |
| To HPS.{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} c. to D/BP. c. to G/Mt. c. to Br.{T. E. Bellringer - Repair Manager} - Cricklewood. 312 Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/NRC.{N. R. Chandler}16/JH.21.6.37. Will you please despatch to Cricklewood, carefully packed :- 2 Phantom III clutch plates with Thermoid linings and compound cushioning to Ex.27309. These plates are to be used at Br's. discretion. Unfortunately our stock of these plates is practically exhausted. Will Br.{T. E. Bellringer - Repair Manager} please let us have a report on the behaviour of these plates in customers hands, when the information on the subject is available. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/NRC.{N. R. Chandler} | ||