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).
Springing and a post-accident check on the steering of a vehicle.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 5a\2\ 02-page408 | |
| Date | 10th April 1931 | |
| S H RECEIVED 11 MAY 1931 8 5840. To. Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} from Sg.{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} re 18-G-4. Sg{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD}19/E10.4.31 I omitted to make any reference in my memo. of yesterday to the springing. I am not sure whether this is the same car that I drove for a short distance the last time we met out at St.Albans, but if not, I believe it has the same type of springing. I certainly did not find that it swayed or rolled to the same extent as the car I drove on that occasion, and if it is the same car or the same springing, I can only assume that it was because on that occasion the car had a fairly full load whereas when away at Easter the back part was unoccupied. So far as I was able to judge by driving the car, I thought that the springing seemed very good. There is just one other point in connection with the accident and that is that at first I was very much afraid that the steering would have been damaged and, before driving the car again, I had this very carefully examined and checked over and no fault could be found with it. I thought, however, that you would wish to have this looked over at your end when you receive the car back. Sg.{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} | ||