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).
Feedback on a vehicle, covering both performance praise and build quality issues.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 89\5\ scan0222 | |
| Date | 11th June 1941 guessed | |
| 2. was probably a piston or gudgeon pin, and presumably this should be looked at as well. There are constant squeaks and groans in the body which I am informed cannot be attended to, and the finish of the woodwork on the body seems to be such as to suggest that it is essentially a war-time production. Apart from these, there is very great pleasure to be gained in driving a car with its sweet performance and delightful springing. I am bound to say, however, that I have had a feeling that owing to the conditions under which the car was built, it is something in the nature of an experiment. I did not mind that, because I felt I should be constantly in touch with you, and that you would appreciate any constructive criticism I could make. I consider that the body is unfortunate, and having, probably of necessity, ridiculous fittings on, which on future Rolls-Royce products I most solemnly and humbly submit should receive the same careful scrutiny and thoroughness in consideration before fitting as the chassis has always received. To have the ventilating windows of the type fitted on my car designed by somebody who evidently considered metallic rattle as of no consequence, I think is a pity. I am mentioning this fact because I have been a tremendously strong advocate of your designing and controlling your own bodies, as so few of the bespoke body builders ever seem to have realised that the body and the chassis have got to go together | ||