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).
Request to manufacture 6 more non-locking soft rods for twin valve front dampers due to failures with the hardened versions.
Identifier | ExFiles\Box 151\2\ scan0399 | |
Date | 16th June 1939 | |
1292 To HPS. {Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /Clm. {D. D. Clapham} 15/JH.16.6.39. Twin Valve Front Dampers. Will you please make 6 more of the non-locking rods EXS.1648 for these dampers. We should like them left soft as we have had the bottom rims break off twon of our hardened ones. In their experimental form they may require small modifications and these are facilitated if they are left soft. Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /Clm. {D. D. Clapham} | ||