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).
Numbered list of engineering action points concerning vehicle components and testing procedures.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 174\3\ img016 | |
| Date | 7th August 1935 | |
| -4- Hm{Capt. W. Hallam - Head Repairs}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}10/KW.7.8.35 Hm{Capt. W. Hallam - Head Repairs}/Ory. & Hm{Capt. W. Hallam - Head Repairs}/APM (1) Follow up the 14" drums with reduced arc of embrace and the cooling tests. (2) Get a cross in the frame tested which can be got in without separating engine and gearbox. URGE (3) Follow up tests on feed into crankshaft at high engine speeds with a view to overcoming narrow pin and SpectreCodename for Phantom III big end failures. (4) Report on Da{Bernard Day - Chassis Design}'s design for Girling brake operation on Bentley. ✓ (A Hm{Capt. W. Hallam - Head Repairs}/CTS.{C. Trot Salt - Carburation}) (5) Go over the question of the larger carbs. for big bore Bentley with the design, and see if they can be got in, using what was fitted to 1-B-IV as a model. Salt to work in conjunction. ✓ (6) Get B-B-IV back and complete frame twisting tests complete with body. ✓ Cork Washers Available (7) Report on heavier flywheels and slipper wheel when fitted to SpectreCodename for Phantom III I. (8) Test 11" clutch on Bentley III and decide large bore specification. X (9) SpectreCodename for Phantom III axle leak - check if this is due to perfect oil seal being the wrong way round. (10) Lighter Hardy Spicer prop. shaft. | ||