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).
The suspension and handling of a Hispano car, written on hotel letterhead.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 154\1\ scan0188 | |
| Date | 27th September 1934 guessed | |
| 3. HOTEL SYLVA PERGOLESE Av. de la {L. A. Archer} Grande-Armée - 3, RUE PERGOLESE - Près du Bois de Boulogne PARIS (xvi^e) Téléphone : PASSY 38-12 25-54 Registre du Commerce Seine N° 483.913 Same system on a large Hispano (not the 12 cylinder). This was fitted with similar size parts as on the Ford, and obviously the wheel movement was insufficient for it was too hard. The Hispano was certainly very controllable, but of course with a shortage of wheel movement it showed no better than otherwise. There was not the slightest sign of jellyfying which is terrible on the 12 cylinder model. The road shocks were slight, but definite present. I found the steering geometry was not quite corrected. All this sounds very unenthusiastic, however as neither car were really sufficiently soft. | ||