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).
Step iron and front mud-guard stay failures on 20 HP and 40/50 HP models tested in France.
| Identifier | WestWitteringFiles\O\2January1926-March1926\ Scan68 | |
| Date | 2nd February 1926 | |
| To R.{Sir Henry Royce} from Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} c. to CJ. BJ. c. to RG.{Mr Rowledge} E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} c. to DA.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design} EY. c. to Wor.{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} X5390 X8380 X8390 20 HP. & 40/50 HP. - STEP IRONS. Every car which we have tested in France for 10,000 miles has had failures of the step irons. In the case of the 40/50 HP. the failures mostly occur on the side which carries the battery box. The step irons break either at the bend or through the bolt holes where they are attached to the frame. On the 20 HP. the failures occur in similar places. We have also had frequent failures with the 20 HP. front mud-guard stays. These break through the bolt holes where they are fixed to the frame. Recently however a reinforcement piece has been brazed to the stays at this point. We have not yet tested in France the improved stays. Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} | ||