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).
Broken front spring plate and engine overheating issues during a road test near Grenoble.
| Identifier | WestWitteringFiles\I\June1922\ Scan105 | |
| Date | 8th June 1922 guessed | |
| Yesterday the 7th June we broke the top plate of the near side front spring a few inches behind the spring clips. This is now being changed and we have now no spare front spring plates left. Will you please send on a supply if you have not already done so. Also send supply of centre bolts (long ones) screwed far enough up to suit any thickness of spring we might have. On June 7th the morning after arriving at Grenoble we started out to go for a run towards Gap on route N85 but did not get further than 25 kilometers as we were troubled with water boiling on the first long hill we came to. The hill in question starts about 18 kilometres out and second gear was necessary all the way. We climbed for 2 miles in 4 1/2 minutes and had then to stop as the water was boiling. We had to remove the radiator cap to relieve the steam pressure which appeared to be very high. (Do you think the overflow pipe is big enough?) The weather was blazing hot at the time. The water lost in the 2 miles due to boiling was 12 pints. We filled up again | ||