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Issues with Goshawk spare wheels coming loose.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 103\5\  scan0030
Date  9th February 1923
  
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To Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} from BJ.
BJ2/H9.2.23.

Goshawk(Aero Engine)(Codename for 20HP Car / Aero Engine after Kestrel(Aero Engine)) Spare Wheel Fitting.

With reference to Hsl/LG7.2.23, these wheels have worked loose as follows:-

On open car, 40-G-5, has come loose several times, once when it had been specially tightened up immediately before leaving the premises.

On landaulet, has come loose on three occasions.

B.J.

[STAMP]
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Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}
FEB 9 1923
  
  
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