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).
Letter discussing a hub front bearing failure, persistent misfiring, and delays on car drawings due to tank work.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 89\5\ scan0251 | |
| Date | 27th October 1941 | |
| Car [handwritten] Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} 19/h.{Arthur M. Hanbury - Head Complaints} 27th October, 1941. Dear Breeden, Thank you for your letter of October 23rd. Though I did not like to remind you of your crash, I think the hub front bearing failure may have had something to do with this. The misfiring is persistant and has not yet been traced to its source. We are going to be terribly slow on our car drawings from now onwards, because Lucas has swamped us with Tank work which we are delighted to do but regret having to decrease our already tortoise-like rate of progress on autombbiles. Yours sincerely, C.L. Breeden, Esq., Messrs. Wilmot-Breeden Ltd., EasternWorks, BIRMINGHAM, 1. | ||