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).
Front suspension tests indicating no advantage with special damper pistons and requesting vents be blocked.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 95\2\ scan0132 | |
| Date | 18th November 1936 | |
| 386 To HPS.{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} from Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Les.{Ivan A. Leslie} Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Les.2/AP.18.11.36. 33-EX. FRONT SUSPENSION. Tests on the rig have shewn no advantage in fitting the special damper pistons Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}167. So these pistons will not be required for the above car, but we should like the vents blocked up in both cylinders. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Les.{Ivan A. Leslie} | ||