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).
Performance tests, component failures, and proposed modifications for the Austin car, Wilmot Breedon's car, and Senior Range hand brake levers.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 174\3\ img286 | |
| Date | 3rd April 1941 | |
| -7- Cont'd.{John DeLooze - Company Secretary} Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}1/ML.3.4.41. 36. AUSTIN CAR. This has been tried by Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/GB. and they are reasonably hopeful that it can be made into a fairly attractive proposition both from a noise, ride and directional stability point of view. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/FJH.{Fred J. Hardy - Chief Dev. Engineer} will submit his recommendations as to how the job should be tackled and Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} will then see how to get the necessary horsepower on the job. 37. WILMOT BREEDON'S CAR. This should be on the road by Saturday morning. No rational explanation has as yet been found for the failure of the big end other than that the bearing was faulty in the first place. Breeden's complaints on performance will be investigated when the car is on the road again, but it has been demonstrated that Devereux's car, which is a standard B.V. has a better performance than the B.II. when geared to the same revs per mile. 38. HAND BRAKE LEVERS - SENIOR RANGE. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/MHH. will issue a report on the seizures which have recently occurred and Ev{Ivan Evernden - coachwork}/JD.{J. Draper - Frames} will instruct something to put the matter right. Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ||