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).
Drawing showing the wheel arch clearance for the Phantom sports chassis.
Identifier | ExFiles\Box 70\1\ scan0074 | |
Date | 25th October 1927 | |
BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} HS.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} from DA{Bernard Day - Chassis Design}/EV.{Ivan Evernden - coachwork} X8774 DA{Bernard Day - Chassis Design}/EV{Ivan Evernden - coachwork}1/25.10.27. EAC.14. X.8774 X.8810 We send herewith a drg. shewing the wheel arch clearance for the Phantom sports chassis. The distance between the wheel arch is increased on account of the reduction bump, and also being a sports car with flared wings it is essential that we should keep these clearances at a minimum, even finer than those on our standard production. This information should be shewn on the coachwork print which you are preparing and we think that a half scale print, similar to the drg. herewith, would be a good thing to have for supplying to the coachbuilders during the early days in the history of this sports car. DA{Bernard Day - Chassis Design}/EV.{Ivan Evernden - coachwork} Drg. sent to BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} | ||