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).
Car's handling, discussing the anti-roll rod, damping, and customer complaints of sea sickness and rolling.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 17\1\ Scan125 | |
| Date | 9th October 1937 | |
| 3. THE CLIFTON DOWN HOTEL (AVON GORGE HOTEL LTD.) BRISTOL 8 TELEPHONE 35235 TELEGRAMS : "EIDERDOWN, BRISTOL" is far superior to 22 EX. This makes me slightly tighten of the F/E anti-roll rod (22 EX). But it is very sensitive to the required amount of damping. In the mean while I enquired what the car was used for and tried to find out all the complaints. The car is apparently only used on long runs and is seldom driven as slow as 40 m.p.h. The complaints are:- sea sickness, hitting the roof, and rolling on | ||