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).
Urgent request for a modified oil pipe for Phantom III No.13 (32-EX) to bypass the oil cooler.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 91\2\ scan0249 | |
| Date | 11th August 1937 | |
| To HPS.{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} from Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Swdl.{Len H. Swindell} Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Swdl.{Len H. Swindell}4/AP.11.8.37 300a PHANTOM III No.13 (32-EX) Will you please instruct for a pipe to be made which goes direct from the oil pump to the relief valve, thus cutting out the oil cooler. The pipe to be equipped with a thermometer pocket for checking temperatures and when complete despatch to Waller at Chateauroux for use on the above car. This request has been made by telegram and is URGENT. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Swdl.{Len H. Swindell} | ||