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).
Complaint report requesting clarification on the cause of wear on an excessively slack 2nd speed cone.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 96\1\ scan0309 | |
| Date | 29th April 1938 | |
| r 361 W/N. To Br.{T. E. Bellringer - Repair Manager} from Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Gry.{Shadwell Grylls} c. MX.{John H Maddocks - Chief Proving Officer} c. GWH.{George W. Hancock - Head Chateauroux} Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Gry.{Shadwell Grylls}o/MH.{M. Huckerby}29.4.38. COMPLAINT REPORT N.884. With regard to the complaint of the 2nd. speed cone being excessively slack, can you tell us whether it had worn so by normal or brutal use or whether the cone originally must have been undersize. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Gry.{Shadwell Grylls} | ||