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).
Departmental memo detailing the very poor mechanical condition of an inspected Austin car.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 124\4\ scan0001 | |
| Date | 30th September 1910 | |
| R.R. 348A (100 H) (M 42. 10.2.10). E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} P. 6019. DEPARTMENTAL MEMO. Issued 30th Sept. 1910. This column is for Name of Person addressed. DATE. C.J. 30/9/10 X1032/L File R6/D30910 The Austin car that came here from Mr. Walters is really not a very good specimen of a car, - the engine over-oiling and sending out volumes of blue smoke; the pistons blowing past and being gummed up through the heat caused by the passage past the rings; the clutch being so troublesome as to whether it is running or stopped that it is impossible to synchronise the gears and change gears reasonably well. In consequence of this, the change gear box teeth were very damaged, and in addition, the gears were very slack and had badly formed teeth, which evidently had been ground on a similar machine to one we tried and abandoned. [Signature] This sheet must be filed with the correspondence to which it refers. | ||