Rolls-Royce Archives
         « Prev  Box Series  Next »        

Issue of the radiator mascot unscrewing and proposing a more secure pinned and sweated stud.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 76\2\  scan0195
Date  31th December 1920
  
DA {Bernard Day - Chassis Design} To BY. {R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} from Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /TMW. ["To BY. {R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} " is struck through]

X8490

Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /TMW4/LG31.12.20.

RE. MASCOT AND RADIATOR CAP.

With reference to the above, please find attached note from Sales Dept. ref: 5289, in which they state that the Mascot comes unscrewed from the stud. We find that sweating has always taken place at this point but suggest that a stronger job is necessary and an allowance ought to be made for people unscrewing the Radiator Cap with the Mascot ^if it tightened up. We think there should be a longer stud provided for, which should be pinned and sweated.

[Handwritten note at bottom left]
Mr Day, we think you should deal with this, & should be glad to receive your instructions. TP

Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /TMW.
Legle [Signature]
  
  
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).


Copyright Sustain 2026, All Rights Reserved.    whatever is rightly done, however humble, is noble
An unhandled error has occurred. Reload 🗙