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).
Comparison between the Humber damper and the Studebaker damper, noting the poor results of the latter on the test bed.
Identifier | ExFiles\Box 124\2\ scan0063 | |
Date | 12th March 1940 | |
-2- Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/JRS.10/MH.{M. Huckerby}12.3.40. It would be interesting to compare the Humber damper with the Studebaker on the road. The Humber has never been tried on a car of ours and whilst the Studebaker has been fitted, it had the original rubbers which were found to give poor results on the bed. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/JRC. | ||