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).
Ruling on the necessity of fitting a louvred bonnet to a Continental Trials Car, chassis number 3-AZ-20.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 96\3\ scan0030 | |
| Date | 1st January 1936 | |
| Tr.{Capt. F. W. Turner - Finance} from E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} c. Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} Dy.{F R Danby} EV.{Ivan Evernden - coachwork} Rem x360 E.4/HP.1.1.36. re Chassis No.3-AZ-20. Trials Car for the Continent. Replying to your memo Tr.{Capt. F. W. Turner - Finance}3/SB.{Mr Bull/Mr Bannister}30.12.35, it is just as necessary to fit a louvred bonnet to a Phantom III for Continental conditions as it was to a Phantom II, and this is the ruling we consider necessary until further progress is made. E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} | ||