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).
Numbered list of required improvements and noted issues with a vehicle, page 2.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 47\2\ Scan027 | |
| Date | 25th November 1927 | |
| Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} C11/025.11.27 -2- 3. Improvements in steering. 4. Increased performance - What is really meant by this is rather more acceleration power when carrying heavy bodies. 5. Brakes and servo thumping and squeaking. 6. Improvement in petrol filters (Presumably this is now cured by the Zenith filter). 7. Engine gears and dynamo drive rattle. 8. Pinking unreasonably early. 9. Piston knocks and squeaks. 10. Chassis lubrication system. 11. Springs squeaking and digging in. 12. Exhaust spit on retard. 13. Battery ignition points burning. 14. Suppression of brake back-slap. 15. Clutch harshness and jagger. 16. Engine squawks. 17. Over-oiling and smoky exhaust. 18. Improved appearance of starter gear lever, and in starter generally. 19. General improvement in appearance of details; uniformity of treatment. 20. Breakage of induction pipes and exhaust joints blowing out. 21. Oil leaks from water pump drive. 22. Drain cock in engine base in lieu of plug (We are not unanimous on this, if there is any Works objection). C. | ||