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).
The failure of steering gear aluminium boxes.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 38\1\ Scan080 | |
| Date | 31th March 1921 | |
| x3465 TO EP.{G. Eric Platford - Chief Quality Engineer} from HS.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}12/LG31.3.21. x3465 FAILURE OF STEERING GEAR ALUMINIUM BOXES. I would suggest you put this matter before R, giving him the details and the number of failures and send him sample broken boxes. I consider this matter very serious. Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} | ||