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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).
Continued memo about investigating 'mysterious knockers' and shock damper arms, noting the difficulty of diagnosis without the customer's car.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 16\4\  Scan203
Date  25th October 1930
  
-5- Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}1/MJ.25.10.30.Contd.

shorter shock damper arms. We are also trying to get hold of the small proportion of "mysterious knockers" which we believe exist to see if there is a source of trouble that we have not yet identified. As was proved in Mr. Pilling's case, the damper without the car does not enable us to investigate satisfactorily. Parting the customer from his car is therefore one of our problems.

Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}
  
  


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