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).
Requesting a design change for the Spectre Gearbox 2nd motion shaft.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 94\1\ scan0024 | |
| Date | 14th July 1934 | |
| X4644 328 To DY.{F R Danby} from HDY.{William Hardy} c.c. Messrs. Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} [REDACTED] HDY.{William Hardy}1/HP.14.7.34. SpectreCodename for Phantom III Gearbox. With reference to the 2nd motion shaft with case hardened splines, asked for in memo HDY.{William Hardy}1/HP.12.7.34, will you kindly delete the sleeve for the 2nd speed pinion and form the hardened journal and collar directly on the shaft. HDY.{William Hardy} | ||