Test report on a second-hand 25 HP car, GMU-27, detailing unsatisfactory braking, power issues, and disintegrated servo-lining.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 107\1\ scan0151 | |
| Date | 28th October 1932 | |
| X 796 D. {John DeLooze - Company Secretary} PN. {Mr Northey} 1/WTE28.10.32. Car..from PN. {Mr Northey} Copy to Mr. OF. Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} I tested GMU-27 yesterday, this being the second-hand 25 H.P. car which I understand it is proposed to take over for the use of the Inspection Dept. I found the braking extremely unsatisfactory - sometimes when pulling up in a queue of cars one felt there was no servo available at all. I also felt that the power of the car was not up to standard. I sent the car in to W. the same day with a view to attention being given to both these points. Otherwise, I like the car. It was a comfort to sit in a driving-seat for a change and to be able to control the car without the levers being quite unget-at-able. Incidentally it was found that the servo-lining had disintegrated. Unfortunately the new linings which are not yet available. This last lining has lasted only 4,000 miles. It seems to me a poor look-out for a good many owners. PN. {Mr Northey} | ||
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).