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).
Letter from Gordon Armstrong Patent Suspension Company regarding steering and shock absorbers.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 152\1\ scan0207 | |
| Date | 4th November 1936 | |
| TELEPHONE: BEVERLEY 321 1293 The GRAMS: ARMSTRONG'S SUSPENSION. Gordon Armstrong Patent Suspension COMPANY LIMITED WALTHAM WORKS, OPPOSITE ST MARY'S CHURCH, BEVERLEY E. {Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} YORKS. GORDON ARMSTRONG. A.M.I.A.E., F.INST.PAT. N. O. {Mr Oldham} TILL. OUR REF: GA.WC.2. YOUR REF: RM {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /Les.12/JH. Messrs. Rolls-Royce Ltd., DERBY. 4th November, 1936. For Mr. Leslie's attention. Dear Mr. Leslie, Many thanks for your letter of the 3rd November. The car arrived safely and satisfactorily on Saturday morning. Your chart of the steering is interesting; I should be inclined to think, however, that if the castor angle was altered this would affect the chart somewhat. We know, at the moment, that we have a little too much castor angle, although apart from the slight heaviness of pulling the car round corners, it behaves very well from a steering point of view. I quite agree with you that the riding of the car is not all that it might be, and have purposely left this until the new dash-controlled shock absorbers are available, which should be some time this week. There is, as you say, a certain amount of harshness-which appears to be worse as the weather gets colder. No doubt we can overcome this when we get the new shock absorbers. Regarding the shock absorbers: 1. Should you require them in aluminium, castings would have to be made as gravity castings for which we have patterns but no dies available at the moment, for the dash-control. cont'd... | ||