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 completion of a 10,000-mile test and the subsequent investigations into issues like timing gear rattle and S.U. pump failure.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 82\2\ scan0126 | |
| Date | 29th July 1934 | |
| x4553a Hotel de France, Chateauroux. Indre. France. 29th July 1934. To HS.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} From G.W.H. 4 B IV. We have finished the 10,000 miles to-day. We are investigating : 1. Reason of Timing Gear rattle. 2. Examining the pinion dural cage. 3. Fitting new radiator. 4. Inspecting dampers. 5. propellor shaft. 6. Steering, etc. 7. Pump S.U. failure. When finished we are going to take comparative figures with the two radiators, S.U. pumps, etc. down at Clermont-Ferrand. We have not as yet received the road springs or front axle. G.W.H. G.H. Hancock. | ||