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).
The standardization of road springs for Bentley cars, advising caution due to potential heavier coachbuilt bodies.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 87\4\ scan0014 | |
| Date | 23th May 1933 | |
| X246 X4173 To By.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} from Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}7/KT.23.5.33. ROAD SPRINGS - BENTLEY. With referance to BY.1/G.9.5.33. We have issued a standardisation sheet for these springs. We suggest, however, that they should not be ordered in a hurry because it has now been decided that the coachbuilders should be allowed to put on what bodies they like on the Bentley, and therefore we may get considerably heavier cars than at present. There is no doubt that springs of 850 lbs. will be required for some of these cars, but we cannot say what percentage this will be at present. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ||