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).
Internal memorandum regarding the examination and return of faulty Fescolised tappets for a Phantom III.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 91\3\ scan0245 | |
| Date | 1st January 1936 | |
| X300a To E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} c. to By.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} c. to Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/GWH.{George W. Hancock - Head Chateauroux}3/KW.1.1.36. Phantom III - 31-EX. In my examination of the Fescolised tappets I was not aware that one had been taken away. The Fescolised surface on one tappet had broken up and three more showed signs of peeling. These tappets have been sent back to Fescol Ltd. E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} Butler, of RHC{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer}'s Dept., has the matter in hand. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/G.W. Hancock. | ||