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).
Confirming arrangements to rig-test a Spectre gearbox casting to resolve oil drag problems.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 94\1\ scan0081 | |
| Date | 5th January 1935 | |
| To RHC.{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} 4328 Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}3/KW.5.1.35. SpectreCodename for Phantom III Gearbox. This is to confirm that you will let us have a SpectreCodename for Phantom III gearbox casting so that we can make arrangements to fit it up on a rig, to overcome some of the oil drag troubles which have been experienced on the road. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} [Signature: Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}] [Handwritten note:] Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} This has been fulfilled to W. Bell [Signature: MRC] | ||