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).
Testing and pricing of chassis road springs with rolled vs. solid eyes from suppliers Firths and Woodhead.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 17\1\ Scan102 | |
| Date | 2nd August 1933 | |
| X7410. To By.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} From Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} C. RDY. RHC.{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} C. BY/HEB.{H. Biraben} Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}12/KT.2.8.33. P.II. CHASSIS ROAD SPRINGS. We note that we have been asked to carry out tests on the Phantom road springs with rolled eyes. We cannot understand why Messrs Firths cannot make the solid eye spring for the same price as Woodheads. Bentley road springs produced by Messrs Woodhead are the cheapest we have ever bought and these have solid eyes. We heard Mr. Woodhead express the opinion that there is very little difference between the cost of rolled and solid eye springs. We have done a tremendous number of tests on road springs lately, and generally speaking as soon as we have tested a Woodhead spring, Firths come down to about the same price. Cannot we get them to bring the price of their solid eye spring in line with Woodheads right away. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ||