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).
A component failure, a stripped adjusting tappet screw, on a car belonging to Mr. Raymond Mays.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 90\4\ scan0092 | |
| Date | 15th July 1937 | |
| Handwritten: Padee Swdl{Len H. Swindell}: Please get hold of these parts when they arrive. 261. S.S. Typed: S/W. To Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} from Sg.{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} re Raymond Mays. Handwritten: Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} Sg{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD}18/E15.7.37 Typed: I should be glad of your views on the following extract from a report received by me to-day: 'Mr. Raymond Mays called in this morning to see you, and asked me to pass on to you that, whilst travelling in France yesterday, the adjusting tappet screw stripped its thread and left him stranded except for the fact that one of our experimental cars happened to pass and was able to fix him up. He said he is rather interested to know the cause of this and is proposing to take the car into 'W' for their inspection; he was anxious that this information should be passed on to you.' Sg.{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} | ||