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).
Vehicle condition report detailing the state of various components including the petrol tank, wheel carriers, chassis, and body.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 4\9\ 09-page232 | |
| Date | 23th April 1926 guessed | |
| contd :- -9- Petrol tank and fittings. These have given no trouble and are still in good condition. Rear Spare wheel carrier. This is still in good condition. We have had no trouble with the spare wheel working loose. Side spare wheel carrier. This broke at a mileage of 5755 miles. The breakage has occurred where tube enters the socket fastened to frame. There did not appear any flaw in the material. We previously reported that considerable whipping of the tyre was taking place whilst the car was running. General examination underneath the car. From examination the chassis frame is still O.K. Cross members and frame ties are all in good condition. Subframe brackets are O.K. Equalising shafts for front and rear brakes are O.K. All step irons are O.K. The wire from accumulator to frame has been partly cut through by continually rubbing on the brake ropes. Front wings. The stiffened wing supports are an improvement. We have had no failure of these up to this mileage and they stiffen up the wings considerably. The front wings are starting to crack at front edge where rib ends. Subframe. We found the O.S. front bolt broken after completing the mileage. The fracture of the bolt is similar to those that broke on the Phantom subframe. We get a considerable movement of the scuttle due to the subframe rolling on the rubber buffers. We lifted the front of the car up and dismantled buffers for examination. We found that owing to the top cap being shallow it had not retained the rubber buffers and had cut into it on both sides. We also noticed that the top face of buffers had become more or less rounded due to the movement of the subframe. We have observed that with the springs choc-a-bloc we get a considerable rolling action. We are of the opinion that if the front rubber buffers were turned round a 90° it would prevent this rolling action. There is not at present sufficient surface to prevent it. This rolling is the cause of the scuttle knocking on the dashboard. Body. The body generally has remained in good condition. There are rattles coming from doors and windows but these are no more than normal. The running boards and rear wings contd :- | ||