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).
Construction of the Myth front suspension pan.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 110\3\ scan0048 | |
| Date | 12th March 1941 | |
| 1030 746 To Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} From Ev{Ivan Evernden - coachwork}/IB. Copy to Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/WH. Ev.{Ivan Evernden - coachwork} Ev{Ivan Evernden - coachwork}/IB.1/ST.12.3.41. MYTH FRONT SUSPENSION. XL.436, attached to Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/WH's copy, shows the front pan and the rubber mounting of the Myth front suspension. The pan is made up of 3 pressings in order to facilitate pressing, the separate pieces being fastened together by spot-welding along the flanges. Two further pressings are spotwelded to the top of the pan to enclose the rubber pads used for insulation between the suspension and the frame and these pressings have extensions towards the centre of the car for the mounting of the steering box and steering idler lever, which will be shown fully on FL.448. Ev{Ivan Evernden - coachwork}/IB. Original to Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/WH. Prints to Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/WH, Ev.{Ivan Evernden - coachwork} and Ashby. | ||