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).
Proposal to replace a sweated disc with a spring disc in Phantom III & Bentley rear crossmembers to facilitate production and reduce costs.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 148\5\ scan0167 | |
| Date | 3rd June 1937 | |
| RHC.{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} (crossed out) C.E. (crossed out) C.BY. (crossed out) c.Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} (crossed out) C.H.D. (crossed out) 1260 RHC{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer}/TVT.{T. V. Turner}4/MND.3.6.37. PHANTOM III & BENTLEY REAR CROSSMEMBERS. The present design calls for a disc to be sweated in each end of these crossmembers. To facilitate production and reduce costs, will the D.O. consider the introduction of a spring disc to be fitted in place of a sweated one. RHC{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer}/TVT.{T. V. Turner} YJ | ||