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).
Advisory note about a dented front frame pan from jacking and a warning that other cars may be missing jacking pads.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 97\3\ scan0210 | |
| Date | 21th July 1939 | |
| 400g, bbbas 400e To Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/IMW{Ivan M. Waller - Head of Chateauroux} - Hotel de France, Chateauroux, Indre, FRANCE. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/FD.{Frank Dodd - Bodies}19/JH.21.7.39. re 30.G.7. and 14.B.V. We have found the front frame pan dented in the centre on 11.B.V. by jacking, apparently no jacking pad was fitted and the centre of the pan is not strong enough to take the load. We do not think that either of your cars are fitted with a jacking pad so would advise caution in this respect, and if possible strengthen up against the possibility of a reoccurrence of the trouble. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/FD.{Frank Dodd - Bodies} | ||