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).
A wire received regarding a valve spring failure on a Bentley and the subsequent request for replacements.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 82\2\ scan0112 | |
| Date | 25th July 1934 | |
| To RHC.{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} c. to CEP. x45539 Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}10/KW.25.7.34. We have to-day received a wire from Hancock as follows :- "HIVES SEND VALVE SPRINGS ANOTHER FAILURE". Hancock is running double valve springs on his head on the Bentley. We understand that there are 10 of these springs in the Stores, and we shall be glad if you will send them off to Chateauroux as soon as possible. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ||