Car's performance during demonstrations, detailing a gear lever rattle and a 'luffing' issue.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 11\4\ 04-page165 | |
| Date | 16th November 1933 | |
| Hôtel Sylva Pergolèse PARIS 3, Rue Pergolèse (XVIe) Avenue de la {L. A. Archer} Grande-Armée - Bois de Boulogne Téléph.: Passy 38-12 Passy 25-54 x7941. 16/11/33. 19/EX. To Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} The car has been in continuous use during the week end for demonstrations. With the exception of a gear lever rattle which I have cured there have been no complaints & Mr Slater considers this the finest car he has ever driven. I received your memo re the carb & luffing up this morning. As you will gather from my reports there has not been any opportunity for me to run the car so I fitted the spring as I felt this would cure the luffing, and from past experience would not bring any other troubles. The car was luffing in Derby on the Sat before I left & on the Sunday was quite bad. I did not notice any change when I filled up with Shell, nor has the French petrol made any difference. | ||
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).