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).
Letter discussing a failing front suspension hump buffer due to oil leaks and a metal pad issue.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 91\4\ scan0109 | |
| Date | 16th July 1935 guessed | |
| HOTEL PIERRE 1er (Champs-Elysées) 25, Av.ve PIERRE 1er DE SERBIE PARIS Télégrammes HOTESERBI-PARIS TÉLÉPHONE PASSY 00.30 00.31 00.32 00.33 00.34 INTER PASSY 13 x.3009 Sunday. Dear Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} Am leaving for Hotel Hoch-finstermünz, Tirol, Austria. tomorrow. Have spent some fruitful time at Châteauroux. Several interesting points have been discussed and aggreed with P.W.H. The worst feature of the parts now being produced for SpectreCodename for Phantom III is the front Suspension is the hump buffer. These have failed badly on S.3 from 2 reasons (i) Excessive oil leaks (ii) The metal pad which the buffer hits on the bottom | ||