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).
To stop the slotting of inner plates on shock absorbers pending the results of further tests.
Identifier | ExFiles\Box 71\3\ scan0226 | |
Date | 1st March 1920 | |
X 3922 To By.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} from Da.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design} Copy to Bn.{W.O. Bentley / Mr Barrington} " " Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} " " Ck.{Mr Clark} X.3461. RE SHOCK ABSORBERS. X.3922. ------------------------------------------------------ In view of recent results on the "Trials Car" in London we think it desirable to stop the slotting of the inner plates of the shock absorbers pending the result of tests we are about to make to determine the best clearance for at least the first two plates. Da.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design} | ||