Query regarding a lock for the 20 HP spare wheel bolt, following reports of it working loose on the Goshawk model.
| Identifier | WestWitteringFiles\J\March1923\ Scan12 | |
| Date | 3rd March 1923 | |
| Da. {Bernard Day - Chassis Design} from Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} ORIGINAL. Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} 6/LGS.3.23. GOSHAWK(Aero Engine)(Codename for 20HP Car / Aero Engine after Kestrel(Aero Engine)) SPARE WHEEL FITTING. x4085 We should be pleased to know whether you propose providing a lock on the bolt for the 20 HP. spare wheel. We have heard from Maddocks at Le Canadel(Henry Royce's French residence) that the carrier on 4-G-ll has given trouble on two or three occasions caused by the bolt working loose. Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} | ||
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).