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).
Secret memo regarding the attachment of rubber buffers in the front suspension for the Spectre model.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 95\3\ scan0145 | |
| Date | 2nd September 1935 | |
| 4346 To BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} from DaY. SECRET. Da.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design}1/HP.2.9.35. c.c. E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} Hdv. RMS. SpectreCodename for Phantom III - Rubber Buffers in Front Suspension. Herewith is N.Sch.4613 which shews the rubber buffers attached to the striking plates instead of to the spring cylinder. The striking plates and the pads on the cylinder are the only new parts, the triangles and spring cylinders being unaltered. The pads are attached to existing cylinders by spot welding. Da.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design} N.Sch.4613 herewith. | ||