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).
Non-standard front seat height and a faulty accumulator for car 7-EX.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 71\1\ scan0199 | |
| Date | 27th March 1926 | |
| ORIGINAL X8830 HS.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} } TO EFC.} FROM R.{Sir Henry Royce} DA.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design} } R2/M27.3.26. Rec'd at WW. evening of 31/3/26. Copy to CJ " BJ " LHS{Lord Herbert Scott} 7-EX. The front seats of this car were, or have become, 2" lower than standard, or 9" under steering wheel. This we have temporarily corrected by 2" packing. This remark is made because I said the standard must not be altered: if worked to it is correct. The accumulator on this car is a strange one, marked on the vent plug 'Oldham'. The charge of 15 amps. seems too much for it, and it has repeatedly blown out acid through the vent plug, and corroded the copper terminals, etc. Though it is still working it has failed to start the engine because it quickly lost much acid. This remark means to say - why send a battery which is not standard so far from home for so long a time. R.{Sir Henry Royce} | ||