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).
Typed memorandum about road testing a car with and without shock absorbers, and plans for comparison tests against a Lanchester and a Lancia.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 49\1\ Scan135 | |
| Date | 23th January 1920 | |
| Contd. -2- PN {Mr Northey} 5/DB {Donald Bastow - Suspensions} 23.1.20. I will make a point of trying this car myself under varying conditions that is :- with without shock absorbers and I will also again obtain Crawford's impression with and without shock absorbers, and let you know what he thinks about it. Personally, I do not find any R-R car nowadays very easy to keep on the road the higher speeds, but I must own I do not know to what extent I am justified in thinking this is a peculiarity of an R-R or whether the condition would be found on all other high speed cars. I shall hope to have more information on this point soon, when I have had a run on a Lanchester which I have made arrangements for, and also on a Lancia. PN. {Mr Northey} enc. CJ7/ D22.1.20. | ||