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).
Phantom III petrol pump failure and an urgent request for a replacement pump.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 130\2\ scan0253 | |
| Date | 2nd November 1936 | |
| 1113 To Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} Cricklewood. Nov. 2nd, 1936. Phantom III. Petrol Pump failure. The Duke of Kents Phantom III was held up today due to pump failure. The driver managed by brutal force to get it to function and got the car back to the Garage. An urgent request has been sent for a reliable pump for tomorrows procession. Have you by any chance got such a thing we have not. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/G.W.Hancock. | ||