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The specifications for fitting low rating road springs and dampers to a 20-GIV chassis.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 55\1\  Scan113
Date  9th December 1931
  
85992.

RHC. {R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} from Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Lid. {A. J. Lidsey}

Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Lid. {A. J. Lidsey} 1/AD9.12.31.

20-GIV ROAD SPRINGS.

R. {Sir Henry Royce} has asked to have low rating road springs fitted to 20-GIV. Will you please arrange therefore, to have the following springs fitted :-

Front 750 lbs F.57903
Rear 1000 lbs F.57906

The damper loads to suit these springs are :-
Front H.P. 115lbs L.P. 90lbs. One .044" dia. hole in H.P. valve.
Rear H.P. 115lbs L.P. 90lbs. Two .038" dia. holes in H.P. valve.

Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /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).


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