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).
Failures and proposed modifications for the Phantom II battery box supports.
| Identifier | WestWitteringFiles\U\August1930-November1930\ Scan094 | |
| Date | 6th October 1930 | |
| To R.{Sir Henry Royce} From Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} c. to SS.{S. Smith} Wor.{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} c. to RY. E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} c. to Da.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design} ORIGINAL Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/AJ.6.10.30. x7526 PHANTOM II BATTERY BOX SUPPORTS. We have had about six failures of battery box supports on cars in customers' hands. The brackets have broken through at the lug. We had this failure on some of the Experimental cars. The bracket was then strengthened up and also an extra stiffener was put on to the box. There are, however, a number of cars on the road with the old type brackets, and it is these which have failed. We attach herewith a blue print which shews a proposal to add an extra bracket on the cars on the road. It is necessary for this bracket to be clip-on type because on most cars it is quite impossible to get at the rear battery cross member. A Standardisation Sheet for this modification is on its way now. Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} | ||