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 of complaint regarding persistent issues with the ignition points on a 20 HP car.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 61b\1\ scan0069 | |
| Date | 13th February 1930 | |
| X. 2894 Works, Dagenham Dock, Essex TELEPHONE SLOANE 7164. 5 LINES PRIVATE BRANCH EXCHANGE TELEGRAMS CONCENTRATION, SOWEST, LONDON. Manufacturers of P & R Accumulators Established 1889 PETO & RADFORD Proprietors - Pritchett & Gold and E.P.S. Company Ltd. 50 GROSVENOR GARDENS, LONDON, S.W.1. DIRECTORS: SIR ARCHIBALD GOLD F.C. GRAHAM MENZIES G.R.N. MINCHIN WILLIAM PETO C.R.D. PRITCHETT T.W. PRITCHETT. YOUR REF. OUR REF. M/5. 13th February 1930. E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} Fowler Clark Esq., Messrs. Rolls Royce Ltd., DERBY. Dear Fowler Clark, I am afraid I misled you about the points on my 20 H.P. car, when I told you that they were going quite all right. Unfortunately, I was told something yesterday which I ought to have known of long ago. Several times I have noticed that the car has been running very lumpily and when standing still, the engine thumping, and misfiring at low speeds. It has been cured each time and I have put it down to the air valve not being worked properly, but now my driver tells me that it is the points and that the car has never run 200 miles without having to have the points attended to. He has in his care three other 20 H.P. cars (two of which are the same series as mine) and these never have to have their points touched at all, whereas mine need continual attention. I am sorry I did not let you know this before. Yours sincerely, G R N Minchin | ||