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 obtain and test a set of 'Jackall' four-wheel jacks for the Phantom 11, with special Duralumin fittings.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 26\3\ Scan084 | |
| Date | 17th November 1931 | |
| To Roy{Sir Henry Royce}/Ms. From Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Lid.{A. J. Lidsey} X3117 Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Lid.{A. J. Lidsey}1/MJ.17.11.31. Phantom 11 Jacks. X3175. We have been requested by Da{Bernard Day - Chassis Design}/Ev.{Ivan Evernden - coachwork} to obtain and test out a set of 'Jackall' four wheel jacks. We believe that S. Smith and Sons market this article. Several of our cars have been fitted up with this including those for the Prince of Wales, Mertzenoff, and Lord Louis Mountbatten, and we understand that some special fittings for the axle were made in Duralumin instead of steel in order to reduce the unsprung weight. Will you please obtain a set for test including the special Duralumin fittings. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/A.J.Lidsey. | ||