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 test newly cast Phantom III brake drums on experimental cars.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 120\1\ scan0200 | |
| Date | 28th July 1937 | |
| To HPS.{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} from Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/AFM.{Anthony F. Martindale} 1028 Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/AFM.{Anthony F. Martindale}3/AP.28.7.37 PHANTOM III. BRAKE DRUMS Our Foundry are now casting drums for Ph.III. We do not know if the present metal is what we tried, and it is essential for us to find out if it is satisfactory. Will you book out two sets of finished drums from Production, and fit one set to 35-EX. and the other to 36-EX. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/AFM.{Anthony F. Martindale} | ||