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).
Proposed modifications to the rear springs and steering system to improve vehicle stability.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 20\2\ Scan055 | |
| Date | 27th January 1920 | |
| R.R 235 a (100) T. (R.F. 846. 6-8-19) G.{Mr Griffiths - Chief Accountant / Mr Gnapp} 2460. Contd. -3- R8/G27.1.20. experience in the Fen country, secondly, the reduction in the lateral flexibility of the rear springs, thirdly, the increased stiffness of the rear springs, so as to prevent a top- heavy car rolling about through falling in the pot holes which exist alternately on the side of the road, increased rigidity in the Longitudinal steering tube and the introduction of a small amount of friction in some part of the steering system to damp the freedom of the control; this latter feature may be a decided disadvantage but it is worth experimenting for the sake of providing all the possible modifications. R.{Sir Henry Royce} | ||