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Ride quality and suspension of the Phantom III, comparing chassis 34-EX and 35-EX.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 95\2\  scan0012
Date  20th January 1936
  
W/S {Derby Works / Sales} - Cx. {Major Len W. Cox - Advertising Manager}
x346
Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Rm. {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} 18/KW.20.1.36.

Phantom III Suspension.

Replying to your note re Ph.III suspension, we hope to be able to give the soft front ride of 34-EX on all Ph.III's.

We agree with you that 35-EX is harder than the Brown car. This was not intentional and may be due to some internal friction of the system.

Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Rm. {William Robotham - Chief Engineer}
  
  
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).


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