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).
Suspension complaint from a customer and proposing alterations for a 20 HP car, chassis GAJ-37.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 47\5\ Scan153 | |
| Date | 3rd October 1927 | |
| S/W {Sales / Derby Works} Jb X4178 S/W. {Sales / Derby Works} Hm {Capt. W. Hallam - Head Repairs} /NRC. {N. R. Chandler} Copy to:- Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} Whr. {Mr Wheeler} OWB14/GM/3.10.27. Re: Chassis No. GAJ-37. Herr Otto Schindler. With reference to your Hm {Capt. W. Hallam - Head Repairs} /NRC {N. R. Chandler} 5/KW1.10.27. I have become interested in the springing of this car, as it is one of the few modern 20 h.p. cars in Germany, and I consider we should take some special care to get its springing right so that we may utilize the information gained in springing other cars for German conditions. With this in mind I had already written to Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} in CWB6/GM/29.9.27 of which the following is an extract, dealing with this car. "There is another service also for which this scheme of springing should prove very useful, and this is, for 20 h.p. cars abroad. We have at the moment a complaint from a Mr. Schindler of Leipzig regarding chassis GAJ-37, who complains that his car rolls too much and has altogether too much movement under German conditions. He is bringing the car to England shortly and expects us to make some alteration in his springing to improve this matter and I should say that the type of springs on 10-EX would be just what is required. Is it possible to prepare a set of springs to fit to this car when it arrives, as although he would probably not expect to pay, yet it will give us a very good opportunity of a test of such springs under fairly severe Continental conditions, which should be very valuable. Can you prepare a set of springs under these conditions? The only particulars I can give you are that the car is fitted with a sporting body and the various weight allowances made when the original springs were fitted are:- Sporting body 784 lbs. Passengers 616 lbs Luggage 45 lbs Spares 112 lbs. CONT: | ||