Necessity of fitting a pressure gauge for the automatic damper control on various car models.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 151\2\ scan0021 | |
| Date | 13th February 1933 | |
| X235 To Sg. {Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} Wor. {Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} C. Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} Dv. E.1/HP.13.2.33. Gauge for Indicating Damper Control. ---------------------------------- We addressed an enquiry to WW. to find out if in R's view it was necessary to include a gauge on the instrument board for indicating what the road dampers were doing if automatic control to the dampers was fitted, and we received the following telephone message: "Regarding pressure gauge on instrument board, for simplicity don't fit until it is found a necessity. I suggest that the automatic control should not be fitted to Bensport(Codename for 3 1/2-litre Bentley) or Peregrine(Experimental Bentley car never produced / Aero Engine) until it is found to be indispensable Certainly fit automatic control to 25 HP. J.3. and Phantom. should imagine the Phantom asks for a gauge which would be justified on so big and expensive a car." E. {Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} | ||
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).