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).
Departmental memo regarding a potentially faulty rear spring bracket that has fractured on two vehicles, questioning if it has been strengthened and should be replaced on all cars.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 78\2\ scan0053 | |
| Date | 10th May 1912 | |
| AUTOMOBILES ROLLS-ROYCE (FRANCE) LIMITED 83, BOULEVARD GOUVION-SAINT-CYR PARIS TELEGRAMS: ROLLSROYCE-PARIS SHOWROOM, 102, Avenue des Champs-Elysées, Téléphone 587-04 OFFICES; GARAGE; STORES and REPAIRS: 83, Boulev. Gouvion-Saint-Cyr, Téléphone 511-54 DEPARTMENTAL MEMO This column is for Name of Person addressed. Mr. Barrington. DATE. 10.5.12. CJ20/C10512. Has the bracket which holds the forward end of the rear spring (which fractured in the case of 1746?/1626 Mr. Duveen's car and was fractured in the case of Mr. Mortimer Singer's (1711) car) been strengthened, and does the Technical Committee consider that this is a part which is likely to be broken on all cars and which should be replaced before it breaks? Has Mr. Royce considered the matter? C.J. This sheet must be filed with the correspondence to which it refers. [STAMPED TEXT]: B MAYI 13 1912 [HANDWRITTEN TEXT]: X654 | ||