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).
Outlining urgent experiments required for a Phantom steering box, rear axle, and hydraulic shock absorbers.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 67\3\ scan0282 | |
| Date | 24th September 1925 | |
| To RHC.{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} from Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} X8430 Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}3/LG24.9.25. URGENT EXPERIMENTS REQUIRED BY R.{Sir Henry Royce} 1. R.{Sir Henry Royce} is very keen that we should test as quickly as possible one of the .940 lead nuts in the standard Phantom steering box. 2. He enquired about the Phantom rear axle which is made the same track as the front. This was instructed at one time. We should like to know the position of this. 3. R-R hydraulic shock absorbers are required urgently. Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} | ||