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).
Recommending the fitting of a priming device to solve a customer's car starting difficulties.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 61b\3\ scan0051 | |
| Date | 4th February 1919 | |
| To EP.{G. Eric Platford - Chief Quality Engineer} from EH. c. to EY. +543 -6027 EH5/LG4.2.19. 4th Feb. 1919. X.1889 X.543 With reference to the Car Inspection report mentioned in your memo EP{G. Eric Platford - Chief Quality Engineer}/W19/DJ31119., in which the owner of the chassis 1462 says that "the car is always very difficult to start and would it be possible to fix a self-starter if so what would be the cost", we recommend in cases like that that we should advocate the fitting of a priming device. There is no doubt with a primer there should be no difficulty in starting a car and in any case even if the electric starter is fitted the primer is fitted as a part of the equipment. The primer is quite a simple cheap fitting and be believe would make a number of customers happy who are at present complaining of the difficulty of starting. EH. | ||