Reduction of shock damper valve load settings for various models.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 99\3\ scan0159 | |
| Date | 18th July 1939 | |
| 442 To By {R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} /NS. {Norman Scott} from Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /AFM. {Anthony F. Martindale} Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /AFM. {Anthony F. Martindale} 1/MH. {M. Huckerby} 18.7.39. SHOCK DAMPER VALVE SETTING. We want to reduce the valve load on B.V. front dampers, as follows:- English B.V. - 110 lbs. French B.V. and all Corniche(Bentley streamline(Experimental Streamline Bentley B.23.A.E)d precursor to R Type Continental, never produced) - 125 " This involves no scrap. It should not be introduced except with the new 'leak' as in By {R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} /NS. {Norman Scott} 8/MG.14.7.39. Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /AFM. {Anthony F. Martindale} | ||
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).