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).
Letter from The Stevens Products Co. offering a complimentary set of Hofmann Air Springs for experimentation.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 43\2\ Scan214 | |
| Date | 29th May 1926 | |
| HOFMANN AIR SPRING RIDE ON AIR FOR AUTOMOBILES, TRUCKS, AEROPLANES, MOTOR CYCLES, AND MANY OTHER APPLICATIONS. THE PRODUCT OF TEN YEARS RESEARCH TO DEVELOP A FRICTIONLESS AIR SPRING. THE STEVENS PRODUCTS Co., INC. LOWELL, MASSACHUSETTS TELEPHONE 5321 May 29, 1926. Rolls-Royce Company of America, Springfield, Mass. Attention of Mr. Maurice Olley My dear Mr. Olley: Pursuant to my recent promise if you would like a set of Hofmann Air Springs with which to experiment, I will gladly box up a pair and send them to you gratis for you to have and to hold forever. We have so much confidence in the springs that we believe some day they will be universally used and I thought you might like to try them on some experimental car. Yours very truly, THE STEVENS PRODUCTS COMPANY, INC. By John A.{Mr Adams} Stevens, Treasurer JAS*JID [Handwritten note top right] Ans June 1st '26 [Handwritten notes bottom] Regards to you & Mr Ferguson RS{Sir Henry Royce's Secretary} As mention of this proposition by us will be made to others Regret that at the present time we cannot make any test of Hoffman Air Springs. Thanks for offer | ||