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).
Requesting the front wheels be fixed on a bump chassis to test the suspension under brake torque.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 119\1\ scan0122 | |
| Date | 17th August 1938 | |
| 1624. To HPS.{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} from Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/AFM.{Anthony F. Martindale} Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/AFM.{Anthony F. Martindale}16/JH.17.8.38. BUMP CHASSIS. T Will you please arrange to prevent the front wheels of this chassis from rotating, by fixing temporary carrier plates to the stub axle flanges and bolting through to the brake drum, using tubular distance pieces. This is to enable us to test the suspension under brake torque. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/AFM.{Anthony F. Martindale} | ||