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).
Issues with Spectre ignition distributors and a request for them to be set in the laboratory.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 61b\2\ scan0250 | |
| Date | 10th January 1935 | |
| r6119. RHC.{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} From Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Wst. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Wst.3/MA.10.1.35. SPECTRECodename for Phantom III IGNITION DISTRIBUTORS. Trouble has been experienced on the test beds due to the contact breakers on the spectreCodename for Phantom III distributors not being correct angularly in relation to each other. Will you please therefore arrange for the SpectreCodename for Phantom III double breaker distributors to be sent into the Laboratory for the breakers to be set to our rig before fitting to the engine. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Wst. | ||