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).
Recommendation to modify shock damper pistons on 140 cars that have left the Works.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 16\5\ Scan208 | |
| Date | 3rd July 1934 | |
| To Hd.{Mr Hayward/Mr Huddy} x7520 Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Les.15/KW.3.7.34. Re our Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Les.3/KW30.6.34. Depot Sheet for grooving pistons in shock dampers. Now that it is agreed by all that grooving the pistons gives a more efficient damper, we recommend that the 140 cars which have left the Works without grooves in the pistons should be modified whenever the cars come into our Depots. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Les.{Ivan A. Leslie} | ||