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Failure to cure 'radiator jellying' on car 1-WJ and requesting to retain the vehicle for further work.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 28\5\  Scan034
Date  23th April 1930
  
4457.

Sg. {Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} From Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Rn. {Mr Robinson}
c. to Wor. {Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager}
c. to C.

Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Rn. {Mr Robinson} 3/WJ.23.4.30.

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RADIATOR JELLYING.

We failed to cure radiator 'Jellying' on 1-WJ with the single point mounting mentioned in Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} 1/WJ.1.4.30.

The results obtained were most disappointing because from tests on Experimental cars, we thought that a solution had been found.

It is clear that 'Jellying' is so much worse on 1-WJ than on any experimental car that we have, that we are at a big disadvantage unless we can work on this particular car.

We therefore ask you if possible to let us keep 1-WJ until we have made some real improvement to it.

Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Rn. {Mr Robinson}
  
  
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).


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