Required changes to a noisy starter motor pinion and back axle on a GOSHAWK-11 car.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 49\2\ Scan204 | |
| Date | 8th December 1924 | |
| To HS. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} from R. {Sir Henry Royce} X4256 R2/M8.12.24. 4-GOSHAWK(Aero Engine)(Codename for 20HP Car / Aero Engine after Kestrel(Aero Engine))-11. X.3597 X.4219 X.4256. This car (which is now at WW.) requires the starter motor pinion changing to the RR. pattern Bijur. The thud and noise of this American type Bijur is a disgrace to RR. reputation. The back axle on this car is I believe one of the old type ones and is not at all silent, which I previously suggested might be due to the pinion teeth being rolled over and on the point of failure. The car otherwise is quite fast, very useful, and very silent. R. {Sir Henry Royce} | ||
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).