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).
Telegram discussing the demonstration of a Landaulet with front brakes and stronger springs.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 73\3\ scan0185 | |
| Date | 11th August 1924 | |
| ROYCAR DERBY = HIVES LONDON DEMONSTRATING LANDAULET WITH FRONT BRAKES HEAVY AXLE AND TWELVE PERCENT STRONGER SPRINGS NOT AS GOOD IN SOME RESPECTS AS PRESENT STANDARD BUT SUFFICIENTLY SATISFACTORY TO ME OTHER OFFICIALS TRYING IT TODAY WILL THEN WIRE FURTHER REGRET FRONT SPRING SHACKLES HAD TO BE REVERSED AS POSSIBLY THIS MIGHT MAKE CONSIDERABLE DIFFERENCE STOP MADDOCKS REMAINING TILL WE HEAR WHETHER FRONT WHEEL BRAKES CAN BE FITTED | ||