The failure of the 20 HP spare wheel bracket.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 103\5\ scan0034 | |
| Date | 16th March 1923 | |
| X4085 To Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} from BJ. Copies to [REDACTED] BJ2/H16.3.23. (Sg {Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} 7/BM15.3.23.) Re 20 H.P. Spare Wheel Bracket. Below is a copy of memorandum from Th. Will you please let me know if you have heard of previous cases, and if so, whether you have examined the broken part. B.J. [STAMP: RECEIVED Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} MAR 16 1923] COPY. Th9/EGB72/13.3.23. 20 H.P. I do not know if your attention has been called to the fact that the spare wheel support at the back of the Goshawk(Aero Engine)(Codename for 20HP Car / Aero Engine after Kestrel(Aero Engine)) is not strong enough for the purpose and that it shears close to the place where the hub is bolted on, with the result that the spare wheel will be frequently lost. One support on one of the chassis brought over by Schmidt snapped between London and Paris. (Sgd.) Th. | ||
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).