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).
Request to outline pre-production chassis tests, with a handwritten response for electrical units.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 148\2\ scan0052 | |
| Date | 19th November 1938 | |
| To Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/RC.{R. Childs} from Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Cr.{Mr Cra???ster / Mr Chichester} U R G E N T. Will you please fill in on this sheet what tests you consider a new chassis should go through before going onto production, i.e. on the road, on the dynamometer and other test apparatus, with special regard to the sections you are responsible for. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Cr.{Mr Cra???ster / Mr Chichester} [Handwritten] Electrical Units Specification tests and endurance tests on the bench; also starting tests in the cold chamber. (With respect to coil, pick-up, and heating tests, under extreme conditions, on the road.) 50,000 miles on experimental cars. 15,000 miles in France. | ||