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).
Cablegram recommending the Packard scheme using rubber for wishbone suspensions as an alternative to threaded shackles.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 174\2\ img028 | |
| Date | 12th March 1937 | |
| Form No. 6. WESTERN UNION (THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY) CABLEGRAM 1820 TELEPHONE MIDLAND 1711 ANGLO-AMERICAN TELEGRAPH Co., LD. CANADIAN NATIONAL TELEGRAPHS. RECEIVED AT 1, BROAD STREET CHAMBERS, BIRMINGHAM, 1. (Tel. No. Midland, 1711.) 1937 MAR 12 AM 7 3[?] BM 53 PITTSBURGH PA{Mr Paterson} 44 11 NLT ROYCAR DERBY THREADED SHACKLES STILL NOT ENTIRELY SATISFACTORY PRESENT AMERICAN TREND ON WISHBONE SUSPENSIONS IS TO FIT RUBBER TO ELIMINATE NOISE PACKARD SCHEME ONLY PRODUCTION LAYOUT FULLY TESTED WITH RUBBER IT HAS EXCELLENT SERVICE RECORD RECOMMEND PROCEED PACKARD SCHEME AS ALTERNATIVE ELLIOTT ROBOTHAM [Stamp: 12 MAR 1937] [Stamp: 8 45] | ||