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).
Returning a damaged Phantom II No. 27 unit due to a sheared exhaust valve and subsequent damage.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 14\3\ Scan088 | |
| Date | 29th August 1933 | |
| X7086. To RHC.{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} from Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Swdl.{Len H. Swindell} Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Swdl.{Len H. Swindell}3/KT. 29.8.33. We are returning P.II. No. 27 unit for your attention. No.6 exhaust valve head sheared off, knocking a hole in the piston crown, also damaging the cylinder head. The inlet valves in this damaged head are specially lightened ones to Ex.12042, and should be removed and fitted to the head we are sending you, together with the double taper valve springs. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Swdl.{Len H. Swindell} | ||