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Brake layout modifications for the 'Spectre' model's 2-S-I test in France.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 92\4\  scan0086
Date  16th August 1935
  
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To RHC. {R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer}
c. to By. {R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer}

Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Gry. {Shadwell Grylls} 4/KW.16.8.35.

Spectre(Codename for Phantom III) Brakes.

We do not know if it is realised that for 2-S-I test in France the brake layout should include -

(1) Increased front braking lever Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} 2041.

(2) Revised rear differential N.Sch.4540 to prevent judders.

(3) Wing nut lift of .130".

This also applies to all Olympia cars that have to run.

Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Gry. {Shadwell Grylls}
  
  
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).


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