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).
Second complaint about a fierce clutch with thermoid linings on a Phantom III, chassis 3-CP-16.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 96\1\ scan0239 | |
| Date | 23th December 1937 | |
| A.R.C file WRP 361 29/11/37 To By.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} from Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/GWH.{George W. Hancock - Head Chateauroux} c. to Hm.{Capt. W. Hallam - Head Repairs} c. to Mx.{John H Maddocks - Chief Proving Officer} c. to RHC.{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} c. to Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/GWH.{George W. Hancock - Head Chateauroux}18/N.23.12.37. --------------------- Phantom III - Long Plate Clutch. Chassis 3-CP-16 - Mileage 4146 - Owner Gen. Critchley. We have had the second complaint with the Long plate clutch with thermoid linings. The conditions were exactly the same as the first. The drive could not be taken up without lurching the passengers forward. It is not juddering as is known, but too fierce a take up. The flywheel face and the pressure plate had grooved exactly as previously. The thermoid linings show the same effect. If there is a further case of this type have we to send the car to Derby as Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} suggested? Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/GWH.{George W. Hancock - Head Chateauroux} | ||