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).
Telegram transcript detailing road tests of springs and shock absorbers on cars for Mr. Salamanca and Lord Rocksavage.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 78\2\ scan0254 | |
| Date | 17th February 1920 | |
| X.3461 Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} from EP.{G. Eric Platford - Chief Quality Engineer} c. to Bn.{W.O. Bentley / Mr Barrington} EP{G. Eric Platford - Chief Quality Engineer}/T1/F17.2.20. X.1295. X.2628. X.3461. X.3910. - RE SPRINGS, SHOCK ABSORBERS ETC. ON Mr. SALAMANCA'S CAR. We give below copy of further telegram received this morning from Mr. De Salamanca - "PLATDORD. HAVE TESTS CAR WITH CLIPS AND SHOCK "ABSORBERS TOGETHER. STOP CAR GREATLY IMPROVED BUT "STILL THINK HOLDS ROAD WORSE THAN OLD MODEL. STOP. "CLIPS HAVE IMPROVED CAR MORE THAN SHOCK ABSORBERS. "STOP HAVE TESTED LORD ROCKSAVAGE CAR AND THINK MORE "NECESSITY TO FIT SHOCK ABSORBERS AND OTHER IMPROVEMENTS "TO HIS CAR WHICH ROCKS BADLY ON BUMPY ROADS AT LOW "SPEEDS AND JERKS PASSENGERS OFF THEIR STATS AT HIGH "SPEEDS. STOP. ROCKSAVAGE ALSO COMPLAINS OF STEERING "BEING TOO LIGHT LETTER FOLLOWING. SALAMANCA." EP{G. Eric Platford - Chief Quality Engineer}/T. | ||