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Request from Mr. Royce to modify the road springs on chassis 6.EX with Ferodo to fix poor ride quality and lack of damping.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 80\2\  scan0306
Date  22th July 1920
  
X3981

Extract from E1/G22.7.20.

X.1698. RE VISIT OF MESSRS. WORMALD, HIVES, NORTHEY, AND
X.3923. COWEN TO WEST WITTERING(Henry Royce's home town). 1st. JULY. 1920.

ROAD SPRINGS. X3981

Referring to chassis 6.EX Mr. Royce would like
Mr. Hives to take the road springs down, remove all grease, and
put in ferodo, and then test again. In the condition tested at
West Wittering(Henry Royce's home town) the car rode badly, and seemed to lack damping.

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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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