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 to Gordon Armstrong Patent Suspension Co. regarding heavy control operation on a Phantom III and potential damper lever modifications.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 152\1\ scan0293 | |
| Date | 21th April 1937 | |
| 1293 Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Les.13/R.{Sir Henry Royce} 21st April, 1937. G.{Mr Griffiths - Chief Accountant / Mr Gnapp} Armstrong, Esq., Messrs. Gordon Armstrong Patent Suspension Co.,Ltd., Waltham Works, Beverley, Yorks. Dear Mr. Armstrong, Thank you for your letter. At the moment we are most interested in getting the P.III running. We have connected up the control, but find it is very heavy to operate from the column. The car will soon be held up for the new damper levers. Would you like us to return the two hand control dampers which we have, so that the (1) new levers can be fitted (2) angular movement slightly increased (3) control made less heavy. Actually it may be better for us to cut the present levers and weld them in a suitable position, so that the car can be run on the road. I will 'phone you to-morrow at 10.30.a.m. Yours sincerely, | ||