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).
Blueprint showing cracks in the front engine suspension centre socket after a 17,000-mile test.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 83\1\ scan0284 | |
| Date | 7th November 1936 | |
| 6.BIV FRONT ENGINE SUSPENSION (AFTER 17,000 MILES TEST) Ex.I.70 FB 1571/2 - CENTRE SOCKET FOR 5TH CROSSMEMBER - S/M CRACKS IN CYLINDRICAL WALL EXTEND TO FULL DEPTH OF BORE POSITION OF CRACKS TO FRONT OF CAR ROLLS-ROYCE, LTD. PRINT FROM NOV 7 1936 OF Ex.I.70 | ||