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).
Letter discussing engineering departmental issues, frustrations with workmanship standards, and challenges with suspension and coachwork.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 125\1\ scan0084 | |
| Date | 9th June 1934 guessed | |
| is not found on Cadillac cars I fear, and the subdivision of engineering into various departments which impinge on the chassis in turn, each wrecking the work of the other, is shown only too clearly in such details as controls. For me it is rapidly becoming a nightmare, so - as you love me - soft pedal on this criticism when you write, otherwise they will be putting me in a sanitarium. What we are fighting against is an attitude of mind. The attitude that outside of the engine, transmission, and rear axle gears, the workmanship of an average quality garden-roller ought to suffice. I think you are going to find indep. fr. suspension much more difficult than we do, because of your lack of control of coachwork and prevalence of bodies which | ||