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).
Service complaint memo regarding a bonnet hinge rod working out on a 25/30 Ph.III model.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 131\4\ scan0230 | |
| Date | 21th May 1937 | |
| To Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} from Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/GWH.{George W. Hancock - Head Chateauroux} Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} By.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} RHC.{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} HPS.{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} 1113 Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/GWH.{George W. Hancock - Head Chateauroux}13/AP.21.5.37 SERVICE COMPLAINTS. 25/30. Ph.III. Bonnet Hinge Working Out Preventing Opening of Bonnet. A scheme was got out for this complaint and issued to the Experimental Dept., By/CS.1/EH.21.11.36. for reports. Apparently this is as far as the job as got. There are still cases when the hinge rod of the bonnet works out which prevents the opening of same. We should like the scheme fitted and reported upon. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/GWH.{George W. Hancock - Head Chateauroux} | ||