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).
Modifications to rear springs, including new bushings and an abandonment of the cantilever method.
| Identifier | WestWitteringFiles\G\June1921\ Scan54 | |
| Date | 24th June 1921 | |
| ORIGINAL. TO BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} from R.{Sir Henry Royce} Copy to CJ. " " MOR. " " HS.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} " " DH.{D. Henderson - Showroom} X.2628 X4386 FC JUN 24 RE REAR SPRINGS. RECEIVED R1/G22/6/21. 3 I hope they have not failed to inform you of the modifications which are likely to take place on the front end of the rear springs. The springs themselves will require a smaller eye. We are proposing to fit the black-lead type of bushings to see if these would do without lubricators and lubricating. We propose to abandon, (owing to difficulties of dismounting due to the presence of the running board and valance) the canti-lever (overhanging) method of carrying the front end of the spring, and are substituting a fitting so that the spring can be easily removed by the removal of the pin. This, I find, is the same scheme as we had on the 1905 Tourist Trophy. [handwritten annotation above 'scheme as we had on': construction] R.{Sir Henry Royce} | ||