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).
Difficulty of providing a single spring and shock absorber setup for both town carriage comfort and high-speed road holding.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 106\1\ scan0288 | |
| Date | 8th September 1931 | |
| To PN.{Mr Northey} from Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} c. Sg.{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} c. Wor.{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} X5410. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}2/AM.8.9.31. 19-GIV. SPRINGS. Replying to PN{Mr Northey}12/WT17.9.31. At the present time we are in a position to practically guarantee satisfaction to any customers special requirements on springing as long as we know what those requirements are. We are no nearer, however, being able to supply a car to give the best ride as a town carriage and to give the maximum road holding ability at high speeds with the same springs and shock absorbers. If Lord Cholmondeley's requirements are for high speed work then we can satisfy him without fitting additional Hartfords. This problem simply comes back to the position which we wrote on some time ago i.e. that there should be some-one in London who should get to know the customers' requirements and then the car can be sprung to suit those requirements. Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} | ||