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).
Installation of controllable shock dampers and associated controls on a specific car.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 18\4\ Scan080 | |
| Date | 23th September 1933 | |
| x7960 To RHC.{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} From Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Les: Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Les.3/KT.23.9.33. CONTROLLABLE SHOCK DAMPERS ON EG'S CAR. Although at the moment we are unable to give the required specification for the shock damper ends, there is a considerable amount of work connected with the new overriding control and carburetter controls which can be done on this car. The controls are issued under the following memos:- BY/HEB{H. Biraben}7/M.7.9.33. BY/HEB{H. Biraben}1/M.23.9.33. BY/CS8/EH.12.9.33. BY/CS.10/EH.11.9.33. BY/CS.8/EH.18.9.33. The flexible pipe between the governor unit and the frame to RR.Sch.418 can also be fitted. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Les.{Ivan A. Leslie} | ||