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).
Cost-saving modification to the die for the servo disc G.85500, used for rubber stops on the Phantom III servo.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 95\4\ scan0150 | |
| Date | 18th August 1937 | |
| HPS.{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} from Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/AFM.{Anthony F. Martindale} c. RHC.{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} 341 Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/AFM.{Anthony F. Martindale}13/AP.18.8.37 Rubber Stops on Ph.III. Servo N.Sch.5164. Concerning the above modification which will save about £1. 0. 0. per chassis, in order to save you the work of machining the servo disc G.85500 from the solid for test purposes, By.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} has agreed that you may alter the die from G.83267 to G.85500. This cancels memo Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/AFM.{Anthony F. Martindale}11/AP.17.8.37 in which was misquoted a drawing number. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/AFM.{Anthony F. Martindale} | ||