Maintenance issues with the 7-Goshawk II car, including creaking wheels and broken suspension components.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 46\2\ Scan322 | |
| Date | 13th June 1922 | |
| To Wa. {Mr Wallis} from Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} X4086 Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} 4/T13.6.22. RE 7-GOSHAWK(Aero Engine)(Codename for 20HP Car / Aero Engine after Kestrel(Aero Engine)) II. With reference to the Goshawk(Aero Engine)(Codename for 20HP Car / Aero Engine after Kestrel(Aero Engine)) car which CJ. has been using, we are very anxious to know from the chauffeur whether he had any trouble with the wire wheels creaking and also whether he had to change a wheel on any occasion, or whether he tightened the wheels up. I had a short note from the driver from Le Canadel(Henry Royce's French residence) in which he reported that the battery box front support had broken and that the road springs bumped on a bad road. If you will let us know where the car is likely to be, we can send you out fresh battery box supports. We should also like to know whether it is the front and rear springs which bumped or only the front springs. [Watermark: MADE AT CROXLEY] 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).