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).
Standardisation of hydraulic dampers on an experimental 20 HP car.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 55\3\ Scan247 | |
| Date | 30th August 1926 | |
| To PN.{Mr Northey} from Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} X235 Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}5/LG30.8.26. EXPERIMENTAL 20 HP. CAR. X5770 (struck through) X235 The 20 HP. car you tried in London the other day had the standard friction type dampers at the rear. At the moment we are not proposing to standardise hydraulic dampers at the rear - the tests with them are still in progress. Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} | ||