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 for two sets of Spectre Thermostat Upper Valves to be made.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 156\1\ scan0080 | |
| Date | 30th April 1935 | |
| To R.H.C. X4508 Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Std.12/KW.30.4.35. SpectreCodename for Phantom III Thermostats. Will you please have two sets (i.e., four in all) of SpectreCodename for Phantom III Thermostat Upper Valves made to accompanying drawing Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} 1938. We require these because we cannot yet get the SpectreCodename for Phantom III engine to warm up quickly from cold. Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Std. | ||