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).
Failures of vehicle components over quarterly and six-monthly periods.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 146\2\ scan0312 | |
| Date | 14th July 1937 guessed | |
| -6- 21? SPEEDOMETER FAILURES. June quarter C.C. 2 2 C.P. Previous quarter C.C. I I C.P. Six months I 2 3 3.AX.185 - 2950 miles. trip recorder defective. 3.BU.94 - 1156 kms. trip recorder defective. [Handwritten:] Are we ever going to improve this instrument? WST / Ru 22. REAR AXLE NOISY. June quarter C.C. C.P. Previous quarter C.C. I C.P. I Six months I I 23. WINDSCREEN WIPER DEFECTIVE June quarter C.C. 3 3 C.P. Previous quarter C.C. C.P. Six months 3 3 3.BU.94 - 1484 Kms. - Reduction gear of Berkshire motor seized. 3.AX.185 - New car - Flexible drive between motor & gear box of klaxon wiper, broken. 3.AZ.179 - 2361 miles. Ditto. 24. STARTER MOTOR June quarter C.C. I I C.P. Previous quarter C.C. C.P. Six months I I 3.AZ.210 - 1024 miles. Starter does not work. Too much clearance between the points of the relay or teaser circuit. Reduced same from .040" to .020" [Handwritten, bottom right:] SR/vd | ||