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).
Letter to Joseph Lucas & Co. Ltd. complaining about fluttering headlamp reflectors on a Phantom III and insisting on a fix.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 167\1\ img158 | |
| Date | 13th July 1937 | |
| 6116 Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Wst.8/AP. 13th July 1937 Messrs Joseph Lucas & Co.Ltd., Great King Street, BIRMINGHAM 19. For the attention of Mr.R.L.Neill. Dear Sirs, Could you tell us if the new type head lamps which were fitted to the Phantom III. chassis now running in France, and which called at your Works for the lamps to be altered, has the stronger dipper unit and stronger reflector return spring fitted. Our testers in France have reported that on bad roads the dipping reflectors flutter badly. This is an old fault with Lucas lamps and we are disappointed to find that this has not been taken care of in these new lamps. we must insist that on no account should these lamps be turned out on Production without this fault being remedied. Yours faithfully, FOR ROLLS-ROYCE LTD. | ||