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).
Unsatisfactory equipment purchased from the Lucas Company.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 36\4\ scan 218 | |
| Date | 18th June 1921 | |
| Contd. -2- R3/G18.6.21. I cannot see, therefore, that there is any ground for excusing the Lucas Company, although we can blame ourselves for allowing ourselves to purchase bad equipment, and to go on fitting the equipment when it was proved unsatisfactory. This I have endeavoured to stop by jerking the reins rather roughly. I am sorry I did not do so before. R.{Sir Henry Royce} | ||