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).
Copy of a cablegram to Claude Johnson in New York regarding shock dampers, springs, and an experimental car.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 43\2\ Scan021 | |
| Date | 18th October 1920 | |
| 14 C O P Y. CLAUDE JOHNSON 18/10/20. RITZCARLTON HOTEL NEWYORK. ALL AGREE WE ONLY SUGGEST USE OF SHOCK DAMPER IF DAMPING FRICTION THIN LEAF SPRING INSUFFICIENT EIGHTY MORE THINS READY END OF OCTOBER OTHERS SHORTLY AFTERWARDS WOODHEADS PRICE FOR SPRINGS FIFTY POUNDS PER PAIR DELIVERED NEWYORK TRYING TO REDUCE PRICE STOP AGREE TO YOUR ORDERING WITH ROLLED EYES AS PREWAR STANDARD AND PLATFORDS RECOMMENDATION STOP HIVES BRINGING EXPERIMENTAL CAR WITH WE BELIEVE ALL MODIFICATIONS YOU DESIRE FITTED THIS WILL BE NEXT STANDARD IF PROVED SOUND AND SUITABLE HERE IN FRANCE AND USA. ROYCE. ----------------- | ||