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).
Fitting a new front axle and shock damper brackets to a 25 HP Bumper Chassis to test a Vulture front axle.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 119\2\ scan0376 | |
| Date | 19th January 1934 | |
| To RHC.{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} From Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Les.{Ivan A. Leslie} Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Les.7/KW.19.1.34. 25 HP. Bumper Chassis. In our Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Les.2/KW.27.12.33. we asked for the new shock damper brackets to be fitted to both the front and the rear of this chassis. It has occurred to us that this chassis has never been fitted with front axle control, which necessitates a new axle. Will you therefore fit the front axle which was built for the J-III bumper chassis. The weight of the engine should be increased to the equivalent weight of the Vulture engine. In this way we can test Vulture front axle together with the shock damper brackets. HS{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/I.A.Leslie. | ||