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).
Reporting on the performance of a sliding joint and the completion of mileage tests.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 5a\2\ 02-page276 | |
| Date | 4th April 1930 | |
| To: Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} From G.W.H E } Noted Do } solid Sx Bx } solid Bx X5840 Hôtel de France Chateauroux. 4/4/30 Please return HS{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} RE. SLIDING JOINT. There has been no further trouble with the silencer after fitting a strengthening piece to the bracket holding same. The sliding joint as functioned OK and no distortion of the exhaust pipe can be observed. We have now completed our mileage and have started to dismantle the engine for the fitting of the new piston rings. We are also making a final examination of the car. G.W.H. We have kept bend close 'up' & altered material from mild Steel to Nickel Steel B | ||