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).
Letter discussing front spring deflection and the purpose of the stiff front springs on the Phantom model.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 28\1\ Scan054 | |
| Date | 23th February 1926 | |
| OyS-E-22326 -2- February 23, 1926. all American cars he has tried. I thought of trying front springs with as much as 4" or 4-1/2" deflection to the normal position, to see whether this would not give the Lovejoys a chance to act effectively without other disadvantages. Would you tell me whether the present very stiff front springs on the Phantom are put there principally to stop shimmy or principally to prevent forward lean of the pivots? Yours very truly, Maurice Olley MO/E | ||