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).
The difficulty in fitting hydraulic dampers to a car equipped with R-R wing stays.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 72\2\ scan0206 | |
| Date | 20th April 1926 | |
| L8992 To DA.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design} from Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} c. to BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}1/LG20.4.26. HYDRAULIC SHOCK DAMPERS. F892 X235 With reference to the wire received from R.{Sir Henry Royce} as regards the difficulty of fitting hydraulic dampers to his car. We have since heard from his driver (Dodd) who explains that the difficulty is due to that car being fitted up with R-R wing stays. Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} | ||