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).
Reliability and use of Lovejoy shock absorbers and their similarity to a new RR design.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 28\1\ Scan048 | |
| Date | 2nd February 1926 | |
| To BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} from Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} 4832 Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}3/LG3. 2. 2. 26. LOVEJOY SHOCK ABSORBERS. Referring to the attached note from BJ. in connection with the above. We cannot say definitely whether Lovejoy shock absorbers have been agreed to. We know however that Springfield have been fitting these to cars for some time. The sample car which they sent to England for R.{Sir Henry Royce} to examine was fitted with Lovejoy Shock Absorbers at the rear. Our tests have shewn that the Lovejoy shock absorbers are perhaps the most reliable of the hydraulic type. We have tested them to destruction and the failures were pointed out to Springfield so no doubt they have taken the matter up with the makers. The new RR. hydraulic shock absorber closely follows the Lovejoy so we cannot very well take exception to the principle. Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} | ||