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).
Complaint regarding faulty ignition wires causing misfiring on a 30 HP vehicle.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 130\2\ scan0130 | |
| Date | 1st September 1936 | |
| To Dy.{F R Danby} c. to Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} X1113 Cricklewood, Sept. 1st, 1936. Complaints - 30 HP. Ignition Wires! A 30 HP car has just come into the Depot with misfiring. This has been traced to faulty ignition wires shorting wherethe wire leaves the tube. I am sending two samples of the wires taken out, up to you. In view of this, could you please let me know how the position stands with regard to the fitting of the latest high tension wire. Also can the Depots be supplied with it. It is useless fitting the present wire the Depotshave in stock. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/G.W.Hancock. | ||