Cablegram from America regarding stiff rubber fabric mounting for Elliott bodies to address tyre noise.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 173\4\ img125 | |
| Date | 9th December 1935 | |
| WYMAN Noted GWD Sg. {Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} Wors c. Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} By. {R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} HV. RMC. E {Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} /Lid. {A. J. Lidsey} 1 HP.9.12.35. We have received the following cablegram from Da {Bernard Day - Chassis Design} in America:- "ELLIOTT BODIES HERE MOUNTED WITH STIFF RUBBER FABRIC S. IMS EIGHT TO POINT TWO THICK ON BRACKET TOP CONSIDERED ESSENTIAL TYRE NOISE DAY" E {Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} /Lid. {A. J. Lidsey} | ||
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).