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).
Letter to Bernard Hopps regarding feedback on a 4,000-mile trip, shock absorber control, and a new Park Ward body.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 90\4\ scan0026 | |
| Date | 7th May 1935 | |
| Sg{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD}12/E7.5.35 7th May 1935 Dear Mr.Bernard Hopps, Many thanks for your letter of the 4th, BH/EW. I am very much interested to hear about your 4,000 mile trip through the various countries named on the Continent. I can quite realise that you found that the shock absorber control greatly improved the comfort of travelling on Continental roads. I am also very glad to hear that the new Park Ward body is standing up more satisfactorily than the original one. It certainly should do as all the lessons learned from the first batch have been applied at extra expense - and also I regret at the cost of slightly increased weight - to the new ones. Kind regards, Yours sincerely, (A.F.Sidgreaves) Bernard Hopps Esq., Of Messrs. Lodge Plugs Ltd., Rugby. | ||