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).
The discontinuation of exhaust cutouts on 40/50's (Phantom II) from the N.2 series onwards.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 14\6\ Scan239 | |
| Date | 2nd February 1932 | |
| Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} x7230. x7230. x4117 S/W To Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}from Sg.{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} Copy to Wor.{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} DA.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design} BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} Phantom II. Exhaust - Quarterly Complaints. Sg{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD}13/E2.2.32 Thanks for Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}3/MJ.1.2.32, but in writing this you evidently were not aware, or had forgotten, that for the reasons indicated in your memo, it was decided some months ago to discontinue exhaust cutouts on 40/50's and this started from the commencement of N.2. series. Sg.{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} | ||