The failure of dipping headlights from The Rapson Co. Ltd. on a 20 HP car due to issues with the operating cables.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 61a\1\ scan0180 | |
| Date | 29th June 1923 | |
| BY. {R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} from Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} X4555 DIPPING HEAD LIGHTS. 20 HP. Referring to the attached letter from The Rapson Co.Ltd. We have fitted a set of these to a 20 HP. car but we cannot get them to work satisfactorily - it was impossible to operate them with the lever and Bowden wires they supply. We suggest it was due to a number of bends in the cables. We could not possibly recommend these fittings because they simply would not work. Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} | ||
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).