Broken 20 HP spare wheel bracket, likely due to defective brazing.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 103\5\ scan0037 | |
| Date | 19th March 1923 | |
| X4085 P/Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} (copy to BJ to Sg {Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} ) Th13/EG B78 Mar 19 1923 20 HP SPARE WHEEL BRACKET. Replying to your Hsl/LG16.3.23 the breaking of the bracket on Schmidt's car was due to the tube having broken away from the casting owing possibly to defective brazing. We think Mr Schmidt is in a position to give you full information better than ourselves. OM Th. Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} RECEIVED MAR 21 1923 | ||
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).