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).
Copy of a telegram discussing uncomfortable springing on open cars and proposed tests.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 72\3\ scan0051 | |
| Date | 9th August 1924 | |
| X9440 Copy of Telegram received 9. 8. 24. by BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} -------------------- TESTS ON OPEN CARS INDICATE SPRINGING OF 98-NK CAR WITH FRONT BRAKES UNCOMFORTABLY HARSH STOP POSSIBLY DUE TO NEW BACK SPRINGS AND NIP SUGGESTED BY MR ROYCE STOP SHOULD LIKE TO TRY FRONT BRAKES AND STRONG FRONT SPRINGS AND HEAVY AXLE ON 107-MG AFTER REMOVAL FROM DEMONSTRATION LANDAULET EARLY NEXT WEEK STOP HOPEFUL WE MAY FIND HARSHNESS PRINCIPALLY DUE TO NEW BACK SPRING WHICH WE PRESUME WILL BECOME SATISFACTORY AFTER 10000 MILES STOP HOW FAR HAVE BACK SPRINGS RUN ON 98-NK WRITE LONDON BASIL JOHNSON. | ||