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).
Secret memorandum detailing modifications to the front cross member and radiator suspension.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 66a\4\ scan0153 | |
| Date | 1st September 1924 | |
| X8250 To BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} from DA{Bernard Day - Chassis Design}/ c. to CJ. HS.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} S E C R E T DA{Bernard Day - Chassis Design}1/M2.9.24. EAC.11. FRONT CROSS MEMBER AND RADIATOR SUSPENSION. X. 8250 X. 8380 We send herewith N. sch. 1842, shewing the new cross member arranged to allow the radiator [XXXXXXXXXXXX] to be dropped into the frame as far as possible. The cross member is reduced from 2½" to 2" in diameter, and the end flange is quite new, but except for this change in diameter the remaining fittings are unaltered. The bottom tank of the radiator is slightly modified. DA.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design} | ||