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).
Summary of failures related to W.B. bumpers, including plates, clips, and stops.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 146\2\ scan0040 | |
| Date | 7th January 1937 | |
| -28- I03 FRONT PLATE OF W.B. BUMPER FOULS RUBBER STOPS. December quarter C.C. I C.P. I 2 Previous quarter C.C. I C.P. 2 3 --------- Six months 5 --------- B. 34.BN{W.O. Bentley / Mr Barrington} - 27270 kms.- Re-centered front plate. B. 73.EJ - 25024 kms.- Fitted new rubber buffer I04. CLIPS OF W.B. BUMPER BROKEN. December quarter C.C. 2 C.P. I 3 Previous quarter C.C. C.P. --------- Six months 3 --------- B.I0I.EJ - 25530 kms.- Failure of one FB.22I5 clip. B.II6.BL - 388I0 kms.- ditto as above. B.I74.GA - Sent a new FB.22I5 clip to owner to replace broken one. All we can do is to replace the clips. Now that slings are fitted to cars as a standard job, the failure of a clip is not so dangerous. I05 HORIZONTAL PLATES OF W.B. BUMPERS BROKEN December quarter C.C. I I C.P. Previous quarter C.C. 2 2 C.P. --------- Six months 3 --------- B.II6.BL - 388I0 kms.- Fitted a new top plate. [Handwritten Notes] FTH VA. 7/1/37 | ||