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).
Request to fit a modified undershield on sports cars to prevent mud from impairing the servo and front brake mechanism.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 67\1\ scan0288 | |
| Date | 17th March 1928 | |
| To RHC.{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} from Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rd. X8390 X7290 Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}2/LG17.3.28. X8390 On 15-EX we found that the side valances were insufficient to keep the vitals of the car clean. So much mud collected on the servo and front brake mechanism that it impaired their operation. Will you please arrange to fit a standard under- shield modified as found necessary in conjunction with the present valances on 10-EX as we shall have to fit this on all sports cars. Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ||