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).
Page two of a report on car performance, discussing chassis modifications and the trade-off between weight and features.
| Identifier | Morton\M13.1\ img003 | |
| Date | 28th March 1911 guessed | |
| - 2 - Monsieur. Faroux' Report on our Car. will fit these to 7-CA, with stiffer springs and report how she runs at high speeds. You will notice in some of my recent suggestions, I have endeavoured to find a way of modifying our chassis, which would meet such criticism and yet give the same satisfaction as at present, viz., to make the chassis lighter and faster, and yet equally silent, strong, reliable, and wear equally well, because I do not think you would like to forego any of these, but it must be remembered that they all mean increase of weight. R.{Sir Henry Royce} | ||