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 discussing car suspension issues and suggesting a test drive.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 89\1\ scan0215 | |
| Date | 4th December 1936 | |
| 261a. TELEGRAMS: SUMMERS, CHESTER. TELEPHONE 200 CONNAH'S QUAY. (10 LINES) JOHN SUMMERS & SONS, LIMITED. MANUFACTURERS OF GALVANIZED, CORRUGATED AND PLAIN STEEL SHEETS, &c. LONDON OFFICE: 34, LIME STREET, E.C. GLOBE IRON WORKS, STALYBRIDGE. LIVERPOOL OFFICE: 14, CHAPEL STREET. MANCHESTER OFFICE: 33, BRAZENNOSE STREET. ALL QUOTATIONS UNLESS OTHERWISE STATED ARE SUBJECT TO REPLY BY RETURN OF POST. REFERENCE RFS.P. Hawarden Bridge Steel Works, Shotton, Chester. 4th December, 1936. W. A.{Mr Adams} Robotham, Esq., Messrs. Rolls Royce, Limited, Derby. Dear Bill, I have had an amusing letter from Mr. Cowen, who evidently does not understand my mentality towards motoring at all. I am sending you a copy of his letter and my reply. I should imagine his suggestion to put lighter springs on would make it a good deal worse. You may remember that I have already had the front springs changed for stiffer ones, and I think they are still too light, and on a wavey road the car behaves like a 10 h.p. car of 10 years ago. I really think you should come over one day with a Phantom 3, and try it with my car and a Hillman on our new road, which, as you know, is dead straight, but not very smooth. Yours ever, Richard | ||