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).
Providing instructions for fitting new road springs to the 10-EX experimental car.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 52\2\ Scan163 | |
| Date | 16th November 1927 | |
| To RHC. {R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} from Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Rm. {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} 4429 Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} 2/LG16.11.27. 10-EX CAR - ROAD SPRINGS. 4429 48410 The road springs for the above car have now been delivered. Will you therefore please fit 2 1000 lbs. front springs with 2.1" free positive camber and 2 1650 lbs. 20% stiffer rears, which should come across to the Expl: this morning. Will you please weigh these springs before fitting them. With these front springs we require 1/4" rubber cutting off the std. buffer and packings of the minimum dimensions to obtain the required 2 1/2° pivot lean. Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Rm. {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ||