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Confidential memo on the intention to change from cantilever to under-slung semi-elliptic springs for the 40/50 model.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 54\3\  Scan179
Date  15th June 1925
  
W/S. {Derby Works / Sales}
Cx. {Major Len W. Cox - Advertising Manager} from Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}

X2628

CONFIDENTIAL

EX8/CM.2.6.25. X1245 Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} 1/LG15.6.25.

We cannot claim any advantages in the cantilever springs over the under-slung semi-elliptic springs.

It is R's intention to change from the cantilever to the under-slung semi-elliptic on the 40/50 at some future date.

Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}
  
  
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).


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