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).
On Standard Phantom springing, detailing issues with adopting negative camber front springs and proposing rear suspension modifications.
| Identifier | WestWitteringFiles\R\2December1927-February1928\ Scan002 | |
| Date | 1st December 1927 | |
| To R.{Sir Henry Royce} from Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} c. to BJ. Wor.{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} c. to E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} DA.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design} c. to BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} OY. ORIGINAL Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}4/LGI.12.27. STANDARD PHANTOM SPRINGING. X8440 (crossed out) X8420 (crossed out) X8425 We cannot adopt the front springs with 1" negative camber on the standard car until the torque control is fitted. The reason for this is that at present the cross steering tube can be made to 'flick' the bottom half of the crankcase when all the circumstances are present for maximum front braking and an ultra violent stop is made. As soon as the torque control comes on production, the 1" negative camber spring will be adopted. We also propose at the same time to drop the rear of the car by .5" by taking 1/2" off the rear buffers and altering the springs to drop the frame by this amount. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/W.A.Robotham. | ||