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).
Investigation into persistent high water temperature on car 34-EX.
Identifier | ExFiles\Box 96\3\ scan0123 | |
Date | 16th October 1936 | |
W/S - Cx.{Major Len W. Cox - Advertising Manager} c. to Mx.{John H Maddocks - Chief Proving Officer} x360 Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}27/KW.16.10.36. 34-EX. Replying to Cx.{Major Len W. Cox - Advertising Manager}3/KW.16.10.36, the water temperature of 34-EX still remained high even after changing the cylinder heads. In view of this fact and of the repeated complaints you have made on the subject, we are holding up the car while the matter is investigated. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ||