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).
Requesting the production of a mild steel model of fork and blade connecting rods for the Spectre 12 cylinder engine.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 4\1\ 01-page016 | |
| Date | 3rd November 1933 | |
| To BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} from E/JNK. c.c. Egr. Ha. JNK. K/JNK/2/HP.3.11.33. [Handwritten initials: Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}] [Handwritten note: relay] SpectreCodename for Phantom III 12 cyl. engine. 3.250 bore x 4.5 stroke. -------------------------- We send you herewith drawing: LeC.3686 showing the fork and blade connecting rods for the above engine. This is the design of rods to suit the four bearing crankshaft. Will you please put in hand as soon as possible one pair to be made in mild steel so that we can examine the models and to get some idea of the weight. K/JNK. [A large checkmark is drawn across the body of the text.] | ||