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).
Cablegram from Detroit requesting a weight analysis of Bentley and Wraith models and discussing crank damper performance.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 174\2\ img022 | |
| Date | 8th March 1937 | |
| HH4 LX80 DETROITMICH 60 7/PL HLT GRYLLS ROYCAR DERBY - SEND WEIGHT ANALYSIS OF BENTLEY AND WRAITH ALSO AVERAGE PERFORMANCE FIGURES PHANTOM AND BENTLEY DYNAMIC CRANK DAMPER WITH LEAF SPRING RATHER ALLISON HAD MORE EFFECTIVE THAN LANCHESTER TYPE FLEXIBLE FLYWHEEL PROPERLY STRESSED GIVING EXCELLENT RESULTS STOP PANNARD TRANSVERSE ROD REDUCES AXLE SIDEWAYS SHAKE AND REPLACES ROLL ROD CHAINS NOT USED ON FRONT WHEEL IN AMERICA - BENTHAM | ||