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).
Query regarding an over-heating complaint on a Phantom III chassis, investigating the cause.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 96\1\ scan0336 | |
| Date | 19th July 1938 | |
| γ 361 W/N. To Br.{T. E. Bellringer - Repair Manager} from Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Std. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Std.4/MH.{M. Huckerby}19.7.38. PH.III OVER-HEATING COMPLAINT. CHASSIS NO.3.CP.194. Referring to your Owners' Complaint Report No.N.1210 we note that one of the complaints was over-heating and think you stated that the radiator required flushing out and steam valve adjusting. We would like to know whether this means that there was evidence of the radiator silting up, as on the cars with Mk.V matrices, and if so we should not expect flushing out to remedy matters. We should like to know whether the over-heating complaint was genuinely due to a defect in the matrix or whether it was the usual traffic over-heating which was experienced. We require this information since this car was a fairly late one ('C' series) and should not suffer from any matrix trouble. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Std. | ||