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).
Car inspection procedures, production limitations for the Goshawk model, and managing expectations for component wear.
| Identifier | WestWitteringFiles\I\May1922\ Scan81 | |
| Date | 10th December 1930 | |
| R.R. 235A (100 T) (S H.{Arthur M. Hanbury - Head Complaints} 792. 10-12-30) G.{Mr Griffiths - Chief Accountant / Mr Gnapp} 2947 (2) Moreover the inspection should be such that the car would not continually run on with slack spring shackles, it being well known and clearly explained in every American car instruc-tion book that spring shackles during rough usage always work loose, therefore in a test of this description these should have been examined and reported, and tightened. It should be clearly understood that we are out to get some cars made, and we have limitations as to the amount of work the designers and factory can put into the Goshawk, and if this chassis is rendered a little better than the next best chassis we know, we should be content to make some and reduce correspondence and delay, as we have other work to attend to. In conclusion while I thoroughly agree with our aims, it is necessary for us to avoid overdoing our enthusiasm until we have'nt a 1/- in our pockets, and we have worried each other into introducing foolish and expensive complications. For instance we must expect brake liners to wear un-der the circumstances of a 10,000 miles rush. We consider the brakes are as large in diameter, width, weight, and cost as it is wise to make them, and under ordinary use they will give excellent service. R.{Sir Henry Royce} | ||