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).
List of vehicle faults including issues with the windscreen, seats, oil leak, and beading, continued on page 2.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 41\3\ Scan153 | |
| Date | 28th April 1922 guessed | |
| contd:- -2- brought this ferodo nearer the hinge. 6. The windscreen split seemed to be too high and the edge of the lower glass was covered with a rubber strip to prevent the top glass rattling against it and this strip to materially interferes with the vision. When the top glass was held open by the clamping screws at the top, it dithered very badly. 7. The front seats were difficult to move and required considerable strength on the part of the operator. Since in this type of car it is necessary to move these seats every time a passenger in the rear seats wants to get out, it is necessary to have a seat which is simply removeable. We believe such are obtainable. 8. The chief oil leak noticed under the bonnet was that from the steering column box. Oil seemed to escape from there very easily. 9. The aluminium beading supplied by us to fit around the gear box tower was only half fitted and on the whole a crude job. One piece was badly bent, and the other piece missing altogether. Da{Bernard Day - Chassis Design}/Ev.{Ivan Evernden - coachwork} | ||