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).
Chassis breakage, suggesting bracket reinforcement, replacing rivets with bolts, and adding a front cross member.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 75\3\ scan0260 | |
| Date | 10th February 1913 guessed | |
| -5- I think careful ribbing of the bracket should be carried out as soon as possible. I suggested in my previous report on the breakage of chassis 1484 that all cars coming into the Repair Shops should have rivets changed to bolts, but I have not yet received any reply. I do not know whether Mr Royce agreed with the analysis of that breakage. The most important point is I consider, for both brackets to be attached securely to the side member. It should be noted that the flecture of the front horns can best be prevented by a cross member connecting them at their front ends, the difficulty in connection with this being of course the starting handle. I am sending the broken cross | ||