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).
Photographic record of big end bearing failure after a 15,000-mile test.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 115\1\ scan0211 | |
| Date | 27th November 1936 guessed | |
| UPPER HALVES ← 1 TO 6 → 12 BIG END BEARINGS OUT OF B22 in 6 BIV. 15,000 MILES TEST IN FRANCE. STANDARD HALL'S METAL AC7 WITH STEEL LINER: AND AC7 FACINGS. No.6 BIG END FAILURE. 7,500 MILES ON FRENCH TEST. 3,284 MILES OTHER RUNNING ON CONTINENT. | ||