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Buick design scheme, a Derby proposal, and the successful use of rubber bushings by Cadillac.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 9\5\  05-page038
Date  24th March 1937 guessed
  
(sheet 2)

position, but we must assume that design conditions have dictated the Buick scheme as proposed from Derby, and that these points have been considered.

Do not conclude this is meant to condemn the Derby proposal as put forward but only to ensure all points have been investigated.

Olley claims to have run rubber bushings on the 16 cyl. Cadillac successfully for 15,000 miles, and these loadings we think would be about equal to your scheme.

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).


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