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 proposing to thicken the SS Rear Axle shock damper bracket to double its strength, following reports of it bending.
| Identifier | WestWitteringFiles\T\March1929-December1929\ Scan113 | |
| Date | 1st May 1929 | |
| BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} FROM DA.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design} SECRET. DA{Bernard Day - Chassis Design}3/MI.5.29. Copy to SG.{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} HS.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} (SG.{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} is struck through) SS.{S. Smith} REAR AXLE. x7350 (struck through) x235 x7520 With reference to HS{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/RM{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}5/LG25429.., we understand that the rear shock damper bracket is not actually broken, and we presume that the report of weakness has arisen because it has been seen to bend. In order to be/on the safe side however, on N. scheme 2885. herewith, we have suggested that it might be thickened, the result being to double the strength, which appears to us to be adequate. DA.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design} | ||