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 importance of properly testing new parts, contrasting the situation with brakes against engines.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 73\2\ scan0153 | |
| Date | 15th December 1923 | |
| Contd. -2- Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}2/T15.12.23. to rush front wheel brakes. We should profit by this, and not think of supplying new parts to customers until they have been properly tested. In the case of the brakes we have been able to get customers to accept cars without them otherwise it would have been disastrous, in the case of the engine this will not be possible Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} | ||