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).
Springing issues on the Phantom-II and 25 HP models.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 17\1\ Scan047 | |
| Date | 29th June 1931 | |
| Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} X7410. To Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} from Sg.{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} Copy to Wcr. PN.{Mr Northey} Cx.{Major Len W. Cox - Advertising Manager} C. EP.{G. Eric Platford - Chief Quality Engineer} BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} re Springing Phantom-II and 25 HP. Sg{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD}11/E29.6.31 I am in receipt of Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}5/MJ.25.6.31. I quite agree the views you express. I have already had one discussion with Cx.{Major Len W. Cox - Advertising Manager} and PN{Mr Northey} on the question of our making the best use of the different types of springs but it looks as if we shall have to go still further than this in order to make sure that the various types of springs are, as you say, used intelligently. On the question of PN{Mr Northey}'s complaint on GOS-59 (Ferrell), if the springs that were fitted to this car were of the same type as the springs on our London Trials 20/25, i.e. the one with the low rating springs which in turn, I understand, are the same as those on 18-G-4, and if the shock absorbers on GOS-59 had had the same modifications made as/on these two cars, then what we fail to understand is why the car was said to be impossible. Can you possibly throw any light on the matter? Sg.{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} RECEIVED 30 JUN 1931 | ||