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).
Scrapped special flywheel for a Phantom III clutch and a request for a replacement.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 93\3\ scan0188 | |
| Date | 16th October 1936 | |
| To RHC.{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} X312 Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Smth.18/KW.16.10.36. Phantom III Clutch. Re Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Smth.14/JH.25.9.36. & Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Smth.12/JH.8.10.36. We find that the special flywheel to Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}2200, has been scrapped because it was badly grooved when removed from 35-EX. Will you please prepare us a flywheel and pressure ring suitable for driven plate Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}227, designed on the lines of the present production. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Smth. | ||