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).
Damaged main battery lead on car 14.B.V. and the subsequent modification to prevent it from getting burnt.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 97\3\ scan0198 | |
| Date | 25th July 1939 | |
| 4009 To. Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} c. By/RD. [Crossed out] c. HPS.{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} [Crossed out] Châteauroux 3/25.7.39. Chuds- [Handwritten] See me [Handwritten] Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} [Handwritten signature] 14.B.V. & 30.G.7. Main Battery Leads. The lead on 14.B.V. has been damaged and knocked adrift where it passes under the centre of the cross. This is the one of the most vulnerable points under any car for gate stops, cart tracked lanes, etc. The main battery wire should never have been fitted here on these cars and must on no account go on production like this. It was not tested on 8.B.V. as we had the old battery position. We have moved the wire inside the cross. The important point to watch is that it is not so close to the exhaust pipe as to get burnt. ----------------- Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/IMW.{Ivan M. Waller - Head of Chateauroux} J.M.Waller. [Handwritten signature] | ||