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).
The failure of rivets on 20 HP Bonnet Side Strips, suggesting using larger and more rivets in the future.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 102\6\ scan0064 | |
| Date | 3rd May 1928 | |
| By.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} C. to Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} X5260 Hm{Capt. W. Hallam - Head Repairs}/NRCll/KW.3.5.28. Re 20 HP. Bonnet Side Strips. We find a very large number of cars in which the bonnet angle is broken away from the side strip, owing to the failure of the rivets which attach the two together. On cars which have been out for a year or more it is the exception rather than the rule to find these rivets, especially at the forward end, intact, and in many cases three or four of the rivets are broken off. We suggest that ~~either~~ larger rivets ~~or~~ and more of them should be provided in future. Hm{Capt. W. Hallam - Head Repairs}/NRC.{N. R. Chandler} WPL R | ||