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).
The material specification for a shaft for eccentrics on Phantom Cadillac type silent tappets.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 17\6\ Scan313 | |
| Date | 18th September 1934 | |
| +7060 To By: Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rn.{Mr Robinson}14/KW.18.9.34. Shaft for Eccentrics - Phantom Cadillac Type Silent Tappets. I am going into the question of the material for this shaft. We understand that the one which was run in France was hardened and coppered, we should therefore like to repeat this on Production. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rn{Mr Robinson}: | ||