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).
Request for particulars about existing front and rear car springs before obtaining new ones.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 154a\4\ scan0159 | |
| Date | 3rd February 1943 | |
| CAR SPRINGS FILE 1306 To Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /Wym {G. Harold Whyman - Experimental Manager} from Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /GB. Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /GB.1/PB.3.2.43. Re. Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /Wym. {G. Harold Whyman - Experimental Manager} 16/OH. 29.12.42. Before obtaining the new springs for this car we would like the following particulars, for both the existing front and rear springs:- (1) Length of Spring - eye to eye. (2) Leaf width. (3) Leaf thickness and number of leaves and length of each leaf. (4) Spring separation. (5) Type of mounting ( rubber or otherwise). (6) Shackle angle. Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /GB. | ||