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).
Secret memo from Hs discussing the condition of a car, specifically its brakes and shock absorbers.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 73\3\ scan0358 | |
| Date | 1st February 1924 | |
| W/S. PN.{Mr Northey} from Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} X9946 S E C R E T. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}3/LG1.2.24. We are arranging to send you copies of reports on the EAC. engine or brakes. We have not done all we should have liked to have done with the car but on the whole we think it is in such a conditions that it should enable you to judge it. We spent a lot of time on the brakes, in fact, we changed the brakes over from the good car which you tried when you were at Derby, and fitted them on to this car. We do not feel happy with the back brakes when going over a bumpy road. We had the shock absorbers off and measured the load on them and re-set them at 60 lbs. We should be very interested to hear how the car behaves. Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} | ||