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 to G.W. Hancock regarding car modifications, parts shipment, and steering maintenance.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 91\4\ scan0245 | |
| Date | 10th September 1935 | |
| G.W. Hancock, Esq., Hotel de France, Chateauroux, Indre, France. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}16/KW.10.9.35. GWH{George W. Hancock - Head Chateauroux}/2/JAB.5.8.35. We agree that you can instal a telephone in the garage. We hope that you have now been able to get hold of the Van Vooren bodied car. I have sent some KE-965 stellited valves over with Thornhill because we have had no experience with stellited silichrome, and I want to run some of these on the beds here before risking them on your test. The SpectreCodename for Phantom III car for France is now on the road. I hope you will be able to bring your car back without trouble. Will you please add an eggcupful of Whitmore's compound to the 25 HP. steering box and run it in this condition to see if any disadvantages are noticeable, as it has been found necessary to use this on the Bentley to prevent the steering sticking. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ||