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).
Chart tracking complaints for the 4¼-litre Bentley model by month for the latter half of 1938.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 131\3\ scan0019 | |
| Date | 1st January 1938 guessed | |
| CHART OF COMPLAINTS. 4/4 BENTLEY HEADER: 1938 | JULY | AUG | SEPT | OCT | NOV | DEC COMPLAINTS: ROW: SHOCK DAMPERS - JULY: BRACKET BROKEN; INTERNAL KNOCK 3; LEAK FROM GLAND JOINT 5. (Total complaints: 9) - AUG: ADJUST CONTROL 1; INTERNAL KNOCK 3; OIL LEAK. (Total complaints: 7) - SEPT: LOOSE ANCHORAGE. 1; TIGHT PISTON 3; INTERNAL KNOCK 3; LOSS OF OIL 3. (Total complaints: 10) - OCT: CONNECT LINK; NSR 4; INTERNAL KNOCK; BOTH REAR. (Total complaints: 2) - NOV: TOP LINKS; BALL PINS; INTERNAL KNOCK. (Total complaints: 2) ROW: GEAR BOX NOISY - JULY: COMING OUT OF ENGAGEMENT 1 - AUG: OIL LEAK 1 - SEPT: STRAINED SELECTOR GATE 1 - OCT: JUMPS OUT OF THIRD GEAR 1 ROW: DYNAMO TROUBLES - JULY: 1 DRIVE RATTLE; 1 SOLDER MELTED; 2 FAULTY REGULATOR; 1 NOISY; 2 BRUSH STICKING; 1 OILED UP. (Total complaints: 8) - AUG: FAULTY REGULATOR; OILED UP. (Total complaints: 10) - SEPT: FAULTY REG. 2; OILED UP 9. (Total complaints: 11) - OCT: DIRTY CONDITION; FAULTY REG.; NOISY BRUSH; FAULTY REG. (Inside bar chart: 9 OILED UP). (Total complaints: 12) - NOV: DISTRIBUTOR 1; 2 NOISY; OILED UP 7. - DEC: DEPOT MOD FOR CURING OIL ON COM GIVING GOOD RESULTS. ROW: STARTER MOTOR - JULY: FAULTY DRIVE 2. - NOV: K 124. ROW: END FLOAT IN HUBS - JULY: F.O.S HUB CHANGED 1; E.N.S RENEW RACE 1. (Total complaints: 2) - SEPT: FAULTY RACES 3. - OCT: ADJUST 1. - NOV: ADJUSTED 1; FAULTY RACES 2. ROW: CLOCKS FAULTY - JULY: 3 - AUG: 1 - SEPT: 1 - OCT: 1 - NOV: 3 FOOTER: GWH{George W. Hancock - Head Chateauroux} 6 (SHEET 2) | ||