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).
Instruction to use a Bentley type bonnet eye on the Spectre dashboard due to fitting difficulties.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 92\6\ scan0260 | |
| Date | 21th August 1934 | |
| To. BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} from E/Lid.{A. J. Lidsey} X4694 305 c. Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} cc. RHC{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} E/Lid.{A. J. Lidsey}2/EP.{G. Eric Platford - Chief Quality Engineer}21.8.34 SpectreCodename for Phantom III - Bonnet Eye on Dash. in view of the difficulty experienced in fitting the bonnet on SpectreCodename for Phantom III, we should use a Bentley type of Bonnet eye on the dashboard and not the Phantom type as was instructed in Da.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design}2/HP 2.7 34. E/Lid.{A. J. Lidsey} | ||