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).
Jamming issue with experimental autolock rear dampers for the Spectre model.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 95\4\ scan0032 | |
| Date | 4th September 1935 | |
| +342 To RHC.{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} c. to W. Bell. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Les.{Ivan A. Leslie} 7/KW. 4.9.35. Experimental Autolock Rear Dampers - SpectreCodename for Phantom III. Will you please fit a cast-iron sleeve Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}2108 to W. Bell's test. damper. We are experiencing trouble with the locking member becoming jambed owing to flakes of alum. being removed from the bore. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Les.{Ivan A. Leslie} | ||