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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).
Fitting and performance of a stabiliser designed to eliminate radiator movement.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 118\2\  scan0062
Date  20th February 1934
  
X4522
W/S - CX.{Major Len W. Cox - Advertising Manager}
c. to Wor.{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager}
c. to E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer}
c. to Eg.
c. to By.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer}
c. to Hdy.{William Hardy}
c. to Da.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design}

Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Bwg.{J. C. Bowring}14/KM.20.2.34.

Stabiliser to Eliminate
Radiator Movement.

Thank you for your memo. CX.{Major Len W. Cox - Advertising Manager}19/KM.7.2.34 re the above.

We did not trouble you further for OYZ-31 as we realised that if the Stabiliser was fitted to this car we should not have much chance of trying it out as the car would necessarily be wanted in London.

However we have fitted it to 1-J-III, and Messrs. Wilmot-Breeden have tuned it to the best of their ability.

We must say that the stabiliser definitely stays a lot of radiator movement, but there is still much room for improvement.

We shall continue to carry out experiments with the Bumper, and will notify you at a later date of the results.

A complete stabiliser weighs 36 lbs., and in its present condition we do not feel that the amount of good it does warrants this extra weight.

Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/J.Bowering.
  
  


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