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).
The ongoing work on car 68-AU for a transmission drive groan and the delay in its re-delivery.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 156\4\ scan0013 | |
| Date | 26th January 1925 | |
| W/S Sg.{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} c. CWB. c. Production Test Dept. c. Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} X1511 re. 68-AU. Barkers. We received your wire this morning, pointing out the urgency of the above and asking when it could be re-delivered. We regret we have not telegraphed you in reply, but it was only late this afternoon and after consultation with the Experimental Dept. and the Production Test Dept. that we have been able to collect the necessary information to enable us to reply The position is that there is no definite cure for the complaint of transmission drive groans for which this car was returned. The Production Test Dept. state that they are tackling the car and doing the best they know with the material and knowledge at present available, and they hope to pass the car over to me for re-test towards the end of the week. Unless I hear from CWB in the meantime, I shall pass this car for delivery, providing the Experimental Dept. and Production Test Dept. state that the car is the best they know how to make it. EP.{G. Eric Platford - Chief Quality Engineer} | ||