Complaint of a car rolling on bends and the subsequent fitting of single-stage rear shock absorbers.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 46\2\ Scan256 | |
| Date | 8th May 1922 | |
| X4086 CJ. for R. {Sir Henry Royce} from Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} c. to CJ. and BJ. c. to E. {Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} c. to Da. {Bernard Day - Chassis Design} c. to BY. {R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} c. to Wor. {Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} c. to EP. {G. Eric Platford - Chief Quality Engineer} c. to Sp. {Mr Spinney} 7-GOSHAWK(Aero Engine)(Codename for 20HP Car / Aero Engine after Kestrel(Aero Engine))-11. X4086 X4329 Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} 8/LG1 8.5.22. We attach for your information a report we have received from Hy. {Tom Haldenby - Plant Engineer} dated 15th. inst. re. the above car. With reference to Hy {Tom Haldenby - Plant Engineer} 's complaint of the car rolling when taking bends. This car was fitted up with rear shock absorbers of the single stage type to give a load of 60 lbs. at the end of the lever. This was done in order to improve the car in this respect. 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).