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).
Letter to supplier Hardy Spicer & Co. Ltd. requesting modification of a propellor shaft for experimental testing on a Phantom III chassis.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 87\3\ scan0058 | |
| Date | 8th May 1936 | |
| x257 Exptl. Dept. 8th May, 1936. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Gry.{Shadwell Grylls}20/KW. Messrs. Hardy Spicer & Co.Ltd., Birch Road, Witton, Birmingham 6. For the attention of Mr. Daniel. Dear Sirs, We should like to carry out some experimental testing on one of your propellor shafts on a Phantom III chassis. We think the quickest way of doing this would be if you would fit a new tube to the shaft which you supplied some time ago for the Bentley. The new tube will have to be shorter in length and 1/4" smaller in diameter. We send you an arrangement drawing of the shaft at present on the Phantom III, and we are returning to you the shaft which has been running on a Bentley. We should be very grateful if you would modify this for tests on our Phantom III chassis. Yours faithfully, FOR ROLLS-ROYCE LIMITED. | ||