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).
Front axle fracture in Trials Car B-7-AE, noting its mileage and the arrangement for a replacement part.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 88\2\ scan0038 | |
| Date | 6th June 1934 | |
| Wor{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} [crossed out] o Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} [crossed out] c Sft{Mr Swift} [crossed out] from Mx.{John H Maddocks - Chief Proving Officer} Mx{John H Maddocks - Chief Proving Officer}18/T6.6.34. Re Trials Car B-7-AE This car which is at present in the Test Dept. having certain jobs done on it, has developed a slight fracture in the front Axle. Sft.{Mr Swift} has arranged to supply one of the intermediate strengthened type for replacement. This chassis is one of the first 15 which left the Works, and according to the speedometer has run over 28,000 miles. Mx{John H Maddocks - Chief Proving Officer} | ||