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).
Diagrams of flexible shackle designs used on various car makes.
Identifier | Morton\M9\ img073 | |
Date | 21th October 1931 guessed | |
Top-Left Panel: FLEXIBLE SHACKLE ON 8 CYL STUTZ (DESCRIBED AS PATENT SHIMMY SHACKLE) REAR END OF FRONT SPRING. Top-Right Panel: SLOTTED PLATE REGULATING AMOUNT OF TRAVEL. SPRING GUIDE BOLT PASSING THRO WEB. MORRIS ISIS FLEXIBLE SHACKLE AT REAR END OF SPRING. Bottom-Left Panel: PRINCIPLE OF REAR END FLEXIBLE SHACKLE AS USED ON:- PACKARD MARMON, R.R. EXPTL. Bottom-Right Panel: PRINCIPLE OF FRONT END FLEXIBLE SHACKLE AS USED ON BUICK, CADILLAC, DARRACQ, STUDEBAKER. | ||