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Explaining the reason for not fitting a 5' dynamo on the Phantom model.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 168a\3\  img031
Date  24th February 1940
  
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Rm. {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} 4/ML.24.2.40.

Cont'd. {John DeLooze - Company Secretary}

It is therefore, a feature one would expect to be included on the higher-priced car.

It was this reason, coupled with battery-makers and customer's complaints of run-down batteries that deterred us from fitting a 5" dynamo on the Phantom, in place of the standard 5.5" machine.

Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /RC. {R. Childs}
  
  
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).


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