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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).
The performance and suspension of a Torsionless coupe and V12 model.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 173\4\  img055
Date  8th November 1935 guessed
  
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RALPH HITZ - PRESIDENT

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Torsi less coupe during the first 250 miles and more running in before settling the final height of the car. R & LH{Mr Haworth} memory of machinery as new i.d. and springs take up their final position after 2 or 3 oscillations.

(6) Rear shock dampers of existing type on rear side with better swing or possibility of a side and frame and anchorage. Need of location of the axle. Prior to Rowny leaving on a V12. OY says that whatever the load of the new dampers the sides will not flex on the road as the present chassis won't suffer much with oscillations.

Front dampers with another construction to work owing to the rigidity of the frame.

(7) OY has also had trouble with lack of sideways frame rigidity and says the body should provide all that is necessary. He says the V12 even as is at the right place and that its stiffness is added to by that of the body.
  
  


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