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).
Letter from Lankester Engineering Company discussing the correction of skids via the 'RECTASKID' device, attributed to better road adhesion from flexible springs.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 77\5\ scan0177 | |
| Date | 20th January 1924 | |
| CARS DRIVEN BY OUR OWN STAFF ARE AT OWNERS RISK. +4631 TELEGRAMS: AUTOCAR, KINGSTON-ON-THAMES. TELEPHONES 80, 81 & 85 KINGSTON. 102 ESHER. 'PHONE KINGSTON 85. LANKESTER ENGINEERING COMPANY PROPRIETOR: KENNETH LANKESTER. AUTOMOBILE & GENERAL ENGINEERS. HEAD OFFICE, 39, EDEN STREET, KINGSTON ON THAMES. AND AT SURBITON MOTOR WORKS, 82-83, VICTORIA ROAD, SURBITON. AND WELLANDS GARAGE, PORTSMOUTH ROAD, ESHER. TAXI CAB OFFICE: SOUTHAMPTON HOTEL GARAGE, SURBITON STATION. LIGHT CAR SHOWROOMS, 63, BRIGHTON ROAD, SURBITON. MOTOR BOAT WORKS & COMMERCIAL MOTOR GARAGE AT RIVER WORKS, 66, HIGH STREET, KINGSTON-ON-THAMES. LOCK-UP GARAGES AT AVENUE MEWS, SURBITON HILL, & 43, EDEN STREET, KINGSTON. KL/EA. 20th. January, 1924 Messrs. Rolls Royce, Ltd. DERBY. SOLE SURREY AGENTS FOR STANDARD CARS. Dear Sirs, Your ref. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rml/LG. We thank you for your letter of yesterday, and agree with you that it is difficult to understand how, in practice, the RECTASKID can correct skids. This can only be, we think, by better adhesion to the road, owing to the more flexible springs. Yours faithfully, THE LANKESTER ENGINEERING CO. | ||