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).
Request to remove a flywheel ball bearing on a Spectre to test engine roughness for the Wraith chassis.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 4\1\ 01-page172 | |
| Date | 30th November 1934 | |
| To RHC.{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} 4694 Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Gry{Shadwell Grylls}/2/Kw.30.11.34. SpectreCodename for Phantom III. While this car is in the shop will you please remove the outboard ball bearing supporting the rear of the flywheel. We want to see whether this has any effect on engine roughness as it is proposed to do away with this bearing on the Wraith chassis. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Gry.{Shadwell Grylls} | ||