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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).
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}
  
  


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