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).
Vehicle inspection and feedback report for chassis number 1153.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 47\1\ Scan018 | |
| Date | 28th September 1920 | |
| Handwritten Top: seen P7. 1/10. ① R {Sir Henry Royce} /up please. ② H Please add. Btl/EP {G. Eric Platford - Chief Quality Engineer} /28.9.20. In case talk to owners about unsprung weight. arrd. Copies to:- C. Hr.(2) EP. {G. Eric Platford - Chief Quality Engineer} D.S. Handwritten: 2. Br. {T. E. Bellringer - Repair Manager} 3. BJ. Stamp: RECEIVED 1 OCT 1920 P.L. Report No. 1831. Owner. Mrs. A.E.S.Bainbridge, Address. The Sycamores, MARLOW-ON-THAMES. Chassis No. 1153. Regd.No. LD-3548. Delivered. 18.11.09. Visited. 27.9.20. Driver - Rixon. Previous Visits. Bt. {Capt. J. S. Burt - Engineer} 3.5.12. & 16.7.14. 1. Owner's opinion of car. Mrs. Bainbridge was away at the time of my visit but I shall hope to see her later, and will then forward a memo. The driver led me to suppose that she might be interested in a new chassis. 2. Driver's opinion of car. Very good. Driver mentioned a slight hum in the axle which he thought had developed lately. He seemed very anxious to get this put right and I promised him that I would ask "W" to put the car down on their Waiting List for attention to this point. In this particular case will "W" please not write to owner to say that they have put her name on the list until they hear from me again, because at present we have only the driver's instructions. There was only the slightest sign of lift in the front bearing of the pinion shaft and I was rather at a loss to account for the noise developing as the driver said it had. 3. Owner's or Driver's suggestions. Nil. 4. General condition of car. Excellent save for the noise in the axle mentioned by the driver and recorded here under Section 2. 5. Lubrication. Excellent. Price's oils used. | ||