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).
Recurring failure of a bonnet clip anchorage on a Bentley car.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 84\3\ scan0148 | |
| Date | 1st December 1933 | |
| Copy. S/W. Wor.{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} Copy to EP.{G. Eric Platford - Chief Quality Engineer} and Rc.{R. Childs} C6/C1.12.33. Re Bentley car On Bentley car No.B-15-AE the bonnet clip anchorage on the offside front has broken on two occasions. On the first occasion it was re-brazed. Will you kindly give instructions for another one to be sent to RC{R. Childs} at Lillie Hall, and we are returning to you the broken part so that you may have it examined to see if it is only this single one or whether there is something wrong in the material or design. RC.{R. Childs} has reported this to EP.{G. Eric Platford - Chief Quality Engineer} C. | ||