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 with two technical sketches illustrating component failures after mileage.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 114\4\ scan0086 | |
| Date | 17th March 1937 guessed | |
| TORR'S HOTEL. LTD. NAIROBI. All this sounds a bit bad, so to speak, but actually the car is in quite a good condition, and very much resembles a 10,000 mile car, after having completed that mileage. Below are two rough sketches of the most serious troubles. I thought perhaps this letter would interest you, in view of the wonderful way in which the fuel and water systems have behaved in the terrific heat. Yours Sincerely, # Hamilton FIG I SHOCK DAMPER BALL ROLL BAR LINK. PINCHING ACTION BECAME SLACK ALLOWING BALLS TO MOVE FIG II SOLDERING & PINS SHEARED HERE. | ||