Battery failure on the 10-EX Blue Sports Car and a request for a test battery to be returned.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 54\1\ Scan287 | |
| Date | 13th August 1928 | |
| G.J X46178 Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} Hote. [crossed out] H.E. Platford [signature] Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} to from Mx. {John H Maddocks - Chief Proving Officer} Mx {John H Maddocks - Chief Proving Officer} 7/T13.8.28. 10-EX - Blue Sports Car The Battery on this car failed during the time Hm. {Capt. W. Hallam - Head Repairs} and I were using it, and I replaced it with one of my Test Batteries. The original battery which failed has already been returned to your Department. I shall be glad if you will please let me have the Test Battery back at your earliest convenience. | ||
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).