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).
Mock-up for a Phantom III radiator grille, with vertical slats similar to a Packard, for appearance and airflow testing.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 94\3\ scan0026 | |
| Date | 27th November 1935 | |
| Steadman X366 RHC.{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} c. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} E/JNR.{Charles L. Jenner}2/HP.27.11.35. Phantom 3 Radiator Grille. We send you herewith:- LeC.4823 showing a radiator grille which has vertical slats of the same section as the Packard car. The object of this mock up is to judge the appearance, and also to test the radiator for air flow as compared with the present shutters. Sg.{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} will be here on December 5th. and it would be pleasing if we could show him this treatment of the frontal appearance. LeC.4823 herewith. E/JNR.{Charles L. Jenner} | ||