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).
From Hs. to BJ. regarding complaints about exhaust noise in the New Phantom and ongoing tests with modified silencers.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 66\2\ scan0059 | |
| Date | 23th July 1925 | |
| To BJ. from Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} H8230 Hsl/LG23.7.25. NEW PHANTOMCodename for PHANTOM I - EXHAUST NOISE. Referring to BJ15/H22.7.25. We have realised that the exhaust noise in the Phantom was likely to be the cause of complaints. We have therefore been carrying out a number of tests to reduce the noise. At the present time we have experimental cars fitted with modified silencers. We are not entirely satisfied yet but we shall be in a position to send you a car to try with the modified exhaust immediately after the holidays. Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} | ||