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).
Complaints of harsh riding in Bentley cars at low speeds by reducing shock damper poundage.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 87\4\ scan0069 | |
| Date | 25th April 1935 | |
| To Hd.{Mr Hayward/Mr Huddy} c. to By: x226 Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Les.4/KW.25.4.35. Harsh Riding of Bentley at Low Speeds. In cases of complaints re the above, where cars are not driven fast, it is quite satisfactory to reduce the initial shock damper poundage from 60 lbs. to 40 lbs. This should not be done, however, to cars going abroad. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Les.{Ivan A. Leslie} | ||