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).
The practicality of using a hydraulic damper from the Phantom on a lighter car, and considerations for a compact design.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 87\3\ scan0143 | |
| Date | 1st May 1935 | |
| -2- Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/9/KW.1.5.35. Of course the present hydraulic damper was designed for the Phantom, and its weight cannot be justified for a car weighing 33 cwts. Obviously the decision as to whether it is practical to use a friction and hydraulic damper depends to a certain extent upon the way in which it can be fitted into a design. We should therefore like to know whether, on consideration, this appears to have the makings of a compact design. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ||