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).
Reporting a broken N.S. front spring on a 20 HP car during tests in France.
| Identifier | WestWitteringFiles\M\2April1925-June1925\ Scan107 | |
| Date | 1st June 1925 | |
| To R.{Sir Henry Royce} from Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} c.c. to CJ. RJ. c.c. to RG.{Mr Rowledge} E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} c.c. to DA.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design} EY. c.c. to Wor.{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} ORIGINAL 9-G-111. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}4/LGS.6.25. X5840 (crossed out) X5410 TESTS IN FRANCE ON 20 HP. PLUS F.W.B. We have received a wire from Chateauroux saying that the top leaf on the N.S. front spring has broken. The car has completed approximately 2,500 miles in France Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} | ||