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).
Battery ignition failure caused by a rusting pivot pin on the contact breaker arm.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 61b\1\ scan0187 | |
| Date | 2nd January 1934 | |
| WST 86118 A Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} By Wer from Mx.{John H Maddocks - Chief Proving Officer} Mx{John H Maddocks - Chief Proving Officer}15/T2.1.34. 17-C-IV The battery ignition failed on this car in service yesterday. The failure was due to sticking of the contact breaker arm owing to rusting of the pivot pin. We have no record of this trouble having occurred before on this car. The contact breaker arm is fitted with a standard bronze bush. Mx{John H Maddocks - Chief Proving Officer} | ||