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 fit an original heavy crankshaft to Spectre No. 5 unit to test for engine vibration.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 4\1\ 01-page287 | |
| Date | 21th March 1935 | |
| To HRC. +309 Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Gry.{Shadwell Grylls}1/KW.21.3.35. SpectreCodename for Phantom III No. 5 Unit. Will you please fit to this unit the original heavy crankshaft E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} 54721 at present fitted in No. 1 unit. We wish to try this in conjunction with a single plate clutch as regards engine vibration. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Gry.{Shadwell Grylls} | ||