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).
Request to fit new Armstrong dampers and make a mild steel roll rod for experimental car 33-EX.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 95\4\ scan0094 | |
| Date | 29th June 1937 | |
| HPS.{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} from Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Les.{Ivan A. Leslie} 342 Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Les5/R.29.6.37. 33-EX. Will you please fit a new pair of Armstrong Dampers to the rear of the above car. These dampers have levers suitable for roll rod to be attached to them. Will you please make a suitable roll rod .687" diameter in mild steel. We attach a drawing of the damper levers 470Z. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Les.{Ivan A. Leslie} | ||