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).
Control for the exhaust cutout, suggesting the removal of a rod during coachbuilding to prevent damage.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 66a\4\ scan0129 | |
| Date | 28th January 1927 | |
| To CWB. from Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} c. to EP.{G. Eric Platford - Chief Quality Engineer} X8240 Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}2/LG28.1.27. CONTROL FOR EXHAUST CUTOUT. X8490 We consider it is asking too much to expect the designers to alter the design of the cutout mechanism in order to avoid the damage done by careless persons at the coachbuilders. If at any time a new design for the cutout mechanism was contemplated for any other reason, we could then put it forward as a point to be considered. We would suggest that this rod is taken off the chassis whilst it is at the coachbuilders, and kept amongst the spares on the car and that it should not be fitted until the final test; the final test being when the car is leaving the coachbuilders completed. Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} | ||