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 manufacture 12 distance pieces for converting Phantom II automatic tappets to solid type.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 17\6\ Scan185 | |
| Date | 21th March 1934 | |
| X7060 To RHC{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer}/HPS.{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Std.3/KW.21.3.34. Will you please make 12 distance pieces to accompanying sketch (Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}1342), for the purpose of converting P.II automatic tappets to solid type when necessary. These should be ready in time to use on 28-EX if this is thought necessary. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/C.S. Steadman. | ||