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).
Mr. Royce's suggestion to experimentally fit both standard hydraulic and Hartford shock absorbers onto fast cars.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 55\4\ Scan012 | |
| Date | 1st February 1927 | |
| To BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} from Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rn.{Mr Robinson} +235 Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rn{Mr Robinson}2/LGA, 2.27. SHOCK ABSORBERS. +4426 Sometime ago Mr. Royce suggested that for fast cars it would be advisable to fit both our standard hydraulic dampers and Hartfords. We should be glad if you will look into the question of providing an axle attachment which would enable both of these dampers to be fitted and detail it so that it can be tried out experimentally. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rn.{Mr Robinson} | ||