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).
Extracts from a mileage report detailing the condition of a Mulliner body.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 117\1\ scan0165 | |
| Date | 4th November 1937 guessed | |
| 19.G.VI. MULLINER BODY. Extracts from 10,000 miles report by GWH.{George W. Hancock - Head Chateauroux} 8,000 miles. BODYWORK. The bodywork has remained in very good condition and has been free from booms throughout the mileage. We have had no trouble with any of the wing stays or wings breaking away at this mileage. A slight rattle has developed in the front windows. 15,000 miles. BODYWORK. The bodywork has kept in excellent condition. Slight rattles have developed in the doors but generally speaking this body is the best example that has been run in France. It is the only occasion that no attention has been paid to the wing stays or the wings themselves. The chief fault with this body is the cheap door locks. The lock catches are not let into the wood and are only held by brass wood screws. We have had two occasions when the heads of the wood screws have broken off and the doors have flown open when travelling at a fairly high speed. We have replaced the brass screws by steel screws, but this does not overcome a feature which we consider to be dangerous. The Sunshine Roof has on several occasions been used with beneficial results. There has not, during the very heavy storms that we have experienced, been any sign of water entering the roof. The rear luggage grid has been quite satisfactory. | ||