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).
Query regarding the potential causes of car doors flying open.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 108\1\ scan0361 | |
| Date | 17th February 1938 | |
| I.M. Waller, Hotel de France, Chateauroux, Indre, FRANCE. 600a Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/FD.{Frank Dodd - Bodies}15/JH.17.2.38. 26.G.6. Door Locks. We should very much appreciate more information on the question of the doors flying open. (A) If the doors are closed correctly, does the body movement have any effect - working the catches, and opening the doors, or under these conditions do the doors remain shut ? (B) Do the doors open because they have only caught on the safety catch, which may be a poor job, and owing to body movement slip the catch? Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/FD.{Frank Dodd - Bodies} | ||