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).
Use of current versus adjustable shock absorbers on the 20/25 chassis.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 5\1\ 01-page139 | |
| Date | 29th March 1933 | |
| Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} X5770 To Nor. from Sy. Copy to Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} PN.{Mr Northey} re 20/25. 18-G-4 Sg{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD}12/E29.3.33 HY.{Tom Haldenby - Plant Engineer}S. Car. I am in receipt of Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}5/MJ.28.3.33. In regard to shock absorbers, in view of the fact that the customer will not derive any benefit from the adjustable type of shock absorbers until they are coupled up to some form of control, and in view of the trouble you refer to, one wonders whether it would not be best to carry on for at least another 100. 20/25 chassis with the present shock absorbers, which, as Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} says, are giving satisfaction. I am not at all sure, however, that it is not too late to do this from the point of view of production. I should be glad if you would discuss this with the officials concerned and let me know the results. Sg.{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} | ||