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).
Fractured carrier plate on a Phantom rear wheel and luggage carrier after testing.
Identifier | ExFiles\Box 67\2\ scan0113 | |
Date | 3rd October 1927 | |
+8400 To DA{Bernard Day - Chassis Design}/EV.{Ivan Evernden - coachwork} from Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}6/LG3.10.27. PHANTOM - REAR WHEEL & LUGGAGE CARRIER. V8600 +8400 We have tested out this carrier to N.sch.2241. The carrier plate fractured across the bottom after 5 hrs. running. The movement of the spare wheel at the back of the car is such that we feel, as we have previously point out, that the plate must either be supported at the top or the plate, tube and clips made altogether of different proportions. We are sending you the broken plate. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ||