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).
Correspondence on hotel letterhead discussing brake performance, servo judder, and a shock damper design.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 180\M2\M2.7\ img010 | |
| Date | 19th March 1936 guessed | |
| Printed Text: GRAND HOTEL DU CANADEL. CORNICHE DES MAURES. Telph. LE CANADELHenry Royce's French residence (Var). Adresse Télégraphique: HOTEL CANADEL - LE-LAVANDOU. Sud France - Gare Canadel. Correspondance des Rapides P. L. M.{Mr Moon / Mr Moore} à TOULON & à St-RAPHAEL par Autocars P. L. M.{Mr Moon / Mr Moore} R.{Sir Henry Royce} C. St-Tropez 4890. Handwritten Text: on the 20 H.P. have only lost a very small quantity of oil, only a few drops. The new R.{Sir Henry Royce} car is rather interesting. It has the worst brake and squeaks and the worst servo judder of any car I have ever driven. This is rather fortunate, because owing to the fact that the servo judder would not allow the brakes to be applied in an emergency we nearly had a smash. R sort of assumes that he never realised that we had a cure for this trouble. Anyhow he got so far as saying that if we had a cure To H.C -> Wed Yesterday Rg.{Mr Rowledge} posted to you some rough notes I made when R.{Sir Henry Royce} was discussing the Shock Damper which should go into production. You will observe it is almost precisely what has already been instructed, with the addition of some means of replenishing to a fixed level by means of a syringe. The dampers | ||