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).
Correspondence regarding the rectification of bad smells in a car body caused by faulty carburation and gaps in the floorboards.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 47\5\ Scan008 | |
| Date | 29th May 1925 | |
| To BJ. from Hm. {Capt. W. Hallam - Head Repairs} C. to R. {Sir Henry Royce} C. to BJ. C. to Wor. {Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} C. to Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} C. to S. C. to H. {Arthur M. Hanbury - Head Complaints} X4119 Hm {Capt. W. Hallam - Head Repairs} 4/W29.5.25. Chassis No. 77-A-0 - G. {Mr Griffiths - Chief Accountant / Mr Gnapp} Vaughan Morgan. Your BJ1/H28.5.25. We agree that when the car came to us smells in the body were very bad, chiefly due to faulty carburation - this was corrected. Also, a smoke test actually showed that there were spaces in the floorboards through which the smoke passed into the body - these were stopped. As this car was handed over to the owner's chauffeur on the 23rd. inst., we would suggest that we find out from the owner whether the work carried out on the car has effected an improvement. We would mention that when the driver was here we took him on a test run, and he informed us that "he could smell nothing". Hm. {Capt. W. Hallam - Head Repairs} | ||