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).
Page 2 of a letter detailing faults with a vehicle, covering the ignition coil, suspension, speedometer, and bodywork.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 89\1\ scan0075 | |
| Date | 29th June 1934 guessed | |
| -2- without success. I believe a tubular stay joining the two lamp brackets might be a cure, but I understand that Derby is working on this problem, and when they have found the best remedy, I should like to have it embodied on my car. 3. I have lost the bakelite cover for the top of my ignition coil: I had, I think, omitted to notice that the retaining screw which holds this cover on had come loose, and had evidently come right off, the cover with it, and dropped onto the road. The fault was mine in not seeing that it was properly secure, and I would be glad if you would post me a new one, complete with retaining screw. 4. With reference to the springing of the car, it is undoubtedly a very good compromise, giving reasonable comfort at low speed, and great security at high speed. The car would be better, however, with some form of tele-control shock absorber, and I cannot be completely satisfied with the springing until some such device has been fitted. I should be glad to know if there is any possibility of your developing some device of this kind in the near future, which could be conveniently fitted to my car. 5. The speedometer is not quite accurate, and the error throughout is mathematically progressive. It is correct say, at 50 m.p.h., but is fast at 40; it is not far out at 70, but is very much fast at 80. I am preparing a scale from the revolution counter: I am assuming, of course, that the revolution counter is correct. 6. With regard to the bodywork, while the body is comfortable and free from rattle, the workmanship is not really up to the standard of the chassis. Just as was the case with my brother's car, mine is developing cracks at the top of the windscreen pillars, and at the lower end of the front wings. They are not yet really bad, but I feel that before very long I shall be compelled to take the car back to the coachbuilders to have these welded up. I think if the vibration in the wings could be eliminated, there would be no trouble with these as far as cracking is concerned, and if, in eliminating the front wing flap the whole chassis were stiffened up, other cracks which are developping in the bodywork might be stopped. | ||