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).
Experiments on the rear suspension for the Phoenix and Bentley III models.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 100\1\ scan0009 | |
| Date | 24th May 1937 | |
| Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} C. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Les.{Ivan A. Leslie} Da.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design} E/EV.{Ivan Evernden - coachwork} LES SECRET. See me RM{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} 200B. also 1044 446 E.7/HP.24.5.37. re Phoenix and Bentley III Rear Suspension. In view of the extremely limited rebound to which we are committed with an underslung frame, I think we ought to make early experiments with some existing chassis fitted up with stirrups directly under the axles to assimilate this condition. I know that we have the Phantom III at the moment with a limited rebound, but the quantities are not the same and there is a certain amount of flexibility present in the method of checking which is not quite representative of what we shall get with the frame under the axle. E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} | ||