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).
Cost-reduction proposal for the Phantom III Gearbox reverse actuating shaft.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 94\2\ scan0140 | |
| Date | 31th December 1936 | |
| 328 EY. c. E.Da.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design} RHC.{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} HPS.{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} E/HDY.{William Hardy}4/HP.31.12.36. Phantom III Gearbox. We send herewith N.Sch.4976 showing a reverse actuating shaft forged solid with the levers to reduce cost. The question of material for the actuating pieces in the gearbox is under discussion with a view to reducing cost, and until definite conclusions have been reached we cannot say what should be used for this shaft. N.Sch.4976 herewith. E/HDY.{William Hardy} | ||