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).
Damper performance, potential complaints, and a production proposal for a new piston design.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 182\M19\ img037 | |
| Date | 4th March 1932 | |
| - 2 - fully explored its virtues. We may find the remote control too good to neglect. It must be remembered that Springfield have no complaints as to the ride they can get with the existing dampers, but they will have a legitimate complaint when they get link knocks after showing us a Delco damper which gets over the trouble. If you agreed to this proposal, utilising the piston suggested in R.1/M.24.2.31., we could be in production with it almost immediately. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Bn.{W.O. Bentley / Mr Barrington} | ||