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Report from France regarding an electrical cutout failure on chassis 14.EX, with a handwritten follow-up asking for more details.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 65\2\  scan0110
Date  12th April 1928
  
X.7740

To EX. From EFC. {E. Fowler Clarke - Electrical Engineer}
c. BY {R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} /RD.

EFC {E. Fowler Clarke - Electrical Engineer} /T12.4.28.

In a report from France on the running of chassis 14.EX, the following paragraph occurs :-

"We had a failure of electrical cutout, due to a stud working loose. It was necessary to dismantle the cutout from dash to make O.K."

Handwritten notes:
E.F.C.
E.F.C.
EFC. {E. Fowler Clarke - Electrical Engineer}

When the car + Dodd return will you please let us have a more explicit explanation of which stud gave trouble. WB {Mr Brazier / Mr Bell}

Refers to auto-switch. JA
  
  
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).


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