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).
Faulty hand starter switch for Chassis B.48.CR, which engaged without being pressed due to a fractured securing screw.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 62\1\ scan0318 | |
| Date | 29th May 1935 | |
| WST Y6134. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Wst. K/KC/DPB/29.5.35. Chassis No.B.48.CR.{Mr Cra???ster / Mr Chichester} Job No.4731. ------------------ We are returning to you under cover of our advice note No.4139, the hand starter switch removed from the above chassis, the complaint with which is that the starter motor switched on without the starter button being pressed. The trouble is due to one of the small securing screws of the contact platform having fractured. This is a similar trouble to that detailed in our Owners Complaint report No.89 of the 9.5.35. K/KC. RM{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ||