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 failure of a rear spring on car 9-G-111 during a 10,000-mile test.
| Identifier | WestWitteringFiles\N\July1925-September1925\ Scan176 | |
| Date | 29th August 1925 | |
| To R.{Sir Henry Royce} from Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} c.c. to CJ. BJ. c.c. to RG.{Mr Rowledge} E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} c.c. to DA.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design} EY. c.c. to Wor.{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} a ORIGINAL Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}1/LG29.8.25. X5840 X5410 10,000 MILES TEST ON 9-G-111. We attach a copy of a report from Chateauroux giving particulars of the failure of the rear spring on 9-G-111. This is the first occasion we have had a rear spring break in France. The spring which has failed has previously run 10,000 miles in France. The point of interest is that the safety dogs which are fitted to the rear shackle were sheared off when the spring failed. Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} | ||