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).
Notification regarding the breakage of tappet springs on Bentley & 20/25 models.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 102\5\ scan0163 | |
| Date | 30th June 1934 | |
| RHC.{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} +5090 Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Smth.14/KW.30.6.34. Balance Cams on Bentley & 20/25. We have been notified of the breakage of one of the tappet springs in connection with this mechanism on a customer's car. We should be glad if you will keep a look out for similar failures on engine which are inspected in our shop. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Smth. | ||