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 repeated failure of trip recorders on three consecutive new speedometers during long-run testing.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 165\2\ img006 | |
| Date | 18th January 1937 | |
| 6065. WST. This is a ridiculous situation. let me have evidence & I am writing to Nicholls Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} from Mr. SPEEDOMETERS During some long runs we have been carrying out on a production chassis in connection with oil consumption, we have had the trip recorder fail to record on three consecutive new speedometers. | ||