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).
Copy of a telegram discussing the manufacturing situation and supply of split versus unsplit rear springs.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 80\2\ scan0061 | |
| Date | 5th February 1919 | |
| H.R. 235 A (100 T) (S F.{Mr Friese} 846. 6-8-19) G.{Mr Griffiths - Chief Accountant / Mr Gnapp} 2460. COPY OF TELEGRAM BENT TO MR. CLAUDE JOHNSON AND TO MR. ROYCE ON 5th. FEB., Re Rear springs. REFERENCE REAR SPRINGS stop SITUATION REGARDING SPRING MANUFACTURE IS MOST DELICATE AND CRITICAL stop ON RECEIPT OF MR. ROYCE'S INSTRUCTIONS TO STOP SPLITTING ANY MORE SPRINGS WE ARRANGED LAST WEEK WITH WOODHEADS ACCORDINGLY stop THE POSITION AT PRESENT IS THAT THERE ARE 837 SPLIT REAR SPRINGS DELIVERED IN ALL stop ALSO 343 SPLIT REAR SPRINGS AND 363 REAR SPRINGS WITH LOWER LEAF NOT YET SPLIT IN PROGRESS AT WOODHEADS stop WE MUST NOT INTERFERE WITH PRESENT ARRANGEMENTS MADE WITH GREAT DIFFICULTY FOR WOODHEADS TO BUILD UP THEIR PRODUCTION TO DELIVERY OF 50 SETS PER WEEK OF SPLIT OR UNSPLIT REAR SPRINGS stop WE MUST ALSO ENSURE CONTINUED DELIVERY OF SOME APPROVED REAR SPRING AT RATE OF 35 SETS PER WEEK TO SAFEGUARD OUR PRODUCTION stop WE CANNOT COMPLETE SPRING INVESTIGATIONS FOR SOME TIME AND DECISION MUST BE GIVEN NOW stop FROM TESTS RUN AND GENERAL EXPERIENCE WE BELIEVE PRESENT SPLIT SPRINGS ARE UNSUITABLE FOR HIGH SPEEDS ON BAD ROADS BUT SPLIT SPRINGS WITH SHOCK ABSORBERS ARE BETTER THAN SPRINGS WITHOUT SPLIT WHEN CAR IS USED AS A CARRIAGE AND DRIVEN WITH CONSIDERATION FOR ROAD CONDITIONS stop FROM STUDY OF ALL INFORMATION AT PRESENT AVAILABLE WE RECOMMEND ADOPTION OF SPRINGS WITHOUT SPLIT AS STANDARD WHEN SUPPLY OF SPRINGS ALREADY SPLIT IS EXHAUSTED stop WE MUST GIVE INSTRUCTIONS FOR THIS OR alternatively CONTINUANCE OF SUPPLY OF SPLIT SPRINGS AT ONCE stop PLEASE TELEGRAPH YOUR INSTRUCTIONS. Barrington. | ||