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).
Telegram concerning the strength of springs fitted to cars for a press demonstration.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 73\3\ scan0227 | |
| Date | 1st October 1924 | |
| ROYCAR DERBY = HIVES MR MORTHEY STATES THAT TEN ELEVEN AND TWELVE AU NOW FITTED WITH TWENTYFIVE PERCENT STRONGER SPRINGS ARE BEING USED ON TENTH FOR DEMONSTRATION TO SIXTY PRESS REPRESENTATIVES STOP CAN NOTHING BE DONE TO FIT TWELVE PERCENT SPRINGS BEFORE THEN STOP GREATLY FEAR UNFORTUNATE IMPRESSION IN PRESS IF SPRINGS ARE UNCOMFORTABLE = BASIL JOHNSON + | ||