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).
The transfer of shock absorbers to America to address a complaint about springs on car 22-LW.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 78\2\ scan0334 | |
| Date | 18th October 1920 | |
| HS.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} FS{F. Steele} OCT 18 1920 X3461 EP{G. Eric Platford - Chief Quality Engineer}/Thn8/F18.10.20. A.T. RECEIVED Mr. Platford informs us that the shock absorbers he took with him he has handed to R.R. Inc. of America, per Mr. Caswell, for him to fix when trying a car where there is a complaint of springs. [Handwritten insertion: we advise you of this] owing to the fact that the shock absorbers were supplied from your Dept. EP{G. Eric Platford - Chief Quality Engineer}/Thn. P.S. EP{G. Eric Platford - Chief Quality Engineer} writes in a later memo. that he has himself taken the shock absorbers to Springfield, together with thin leaf springs for fitting to the American trials car 22-LW. | ||