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).
Modifications to the Spectre II gearbox front cover and 2nd motion shaft.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 91\3\ scan0089 | |
| Date | 28th August 1935 | |
| To RHC.{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} +300 (2) Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/FJH.{Fred J. Hardy - Chief Dev. Engineer}4/KW.28.8.35. SpectreCodename for Phantom III II Gearbox. Re our memo. ref. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/FJH.{Fred J. Hardy - Chief Dev. Engineer}5/KW.26.8.35. instructing a modified oil drain in the gearbox front cover to Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}2090. As we shall not be having the most up to date front cover on this box, the cover shown on Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}2090 will be unsuitable. Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}2095 attached shows the arrangement to suit the cover that will be fitted. Will you please fit this modification accordingly. In our memo. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/FJH.{Fred J. Hardy - Chief Dev. Engineer}8/KW.12.8.35. we asked you to blank the front end of the 2nd motion shaft and drill out to the same size as the rear end of the shaft. Will you please alter this so that the hole in the blank is 0.250" dia. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/F.J.Hardy. | ||