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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).
List of specifications and proposed modifications for vehicle components, numbered 13 to 19.

Identifier  WestWitteringFiles\N\October1925-December1925\  Scan17
Date  6th October 1925 guessed
  
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(13) Subframe side levers. N.sch. 1870.
(14) Sheet steel wing stays. N.sch. 1824.
(15) Dipping head lamps - RR. type. N.schs. 1824. 1855.
(16) Springs of superior manufacture. a.{Mr Adams} Improved heat treatment. b. Surfaces ground all over.
(17) Bonnet with wearing strips, G.2. catches & revised open type handles.
(18) 57" track at rear - (spring centres unaltered). Front axle is 57" from 'U' series.
(19) Shock dampers. Either of the hydraulic types already designed, or of a more lasting friction type of which a design has yet to be made. A design will also be made of an hydraulic type with a horizontal double piston.

R.{Sir Henry Royce}

(Stamp in bottom left corner: RECEIVED H8 OCT 1929)
  
  


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