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).
Quarterly report detailing vehicle failures by model and type, with remarks and handwritten notes.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 130\4\ scan0104 | |
| Date | 20th June 1936 guessed | |
| - 9 - | | | 25 HP. | 30 HP. | PH.II. | PH.III. | TOTAL. | GRAND TOTAL. | REMARKS. | |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| | SPEEDOMETER FAILURES.. | | | | | | | | | | December Quarter. | C.C. | 14 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 34) | 34 | Usually trip recorder failure or noisy. Makers are now improving trip recorder mechanism. | | | C.P. | - | - | - | - | - | | WST - What promise have we for the A.C. Speedometer? Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | | Previous Quarter. | C.C. | 3 | 1 | 2 | - | 6) | 7 | | | | C.P. | 1 | - | - | - | 1) | | | | Six Months. | | 18 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 41) | 41 | | | IGNITION FAILURES. | | | | | | | | | | December Quarter. | C.C. | 11 | 4 | 3 | - | 18) | 19 | Mostly insulation failures of H.T. cable. Helsby cables now standardised. See Depot Sheet No. Hd.{Mr Hayward/Mr Huddy}313. | | | C.P. | - | - | 1 | - | 1) | | | | Previous Quarter. | C.C. | 24 | 1 | 17 | - | 42) | 58 | | | | C.P. | 8 | - | 8 | - | 16) | | | | Six Months. | | 43 | 5 | 29 | - | 77 | 77 | | | OIL LEAK FROM ENGINE TAPPER DOORS ETC. | | | | | | | | | | December Quarter. | C.C. | 24 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 35) | 74 | Improved on new cars due to overhead rocker adjustment. | | | C.P. | 32 | 4 | 3 | - | 39) | | Swdl{Len H. Swindell}: Have the depots a cure for this trouble on existing Cars? Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | | Previous Quarter. | C.C. | 25 | 3 | 2 | - | 30) | 94 | | | | C.P. | 58 | 2 | 4 | - | 64) | | | | Six Months. | | 139 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 168 | 168 | | | BONNET RATTLES. | | | | | | | | | | December Quarter. | C.C. | 24 | 6 | 7 | - | 37) | 53 | Dealt with by renewing Ferodo lacing or attention to bonnet panels and hinges. These complaints are now more prevalent with longer bonnets. | | | C.P. | 13 | - | 3 | - | 16) | | Steadman. Surely the wider strip standardised should help us. Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | | Previous Quarter. | C.C. | 29 | 5 | 16 | - | 50) | 76 | | | | C.P. | 21 | 1 | 4 | - | 26) | | | | Six Months. | | 87 | 12 | 30 | - | 129 | 129 | | | ||