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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).
Table comparing the specifications of springs for various car models.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 112\1\  scan0074
Date  30th December 1937 guessed
  
Car.
Spring Drawing No.
Thickness of spring Top Leaf ins.
Length of spring ins.
Bump, ins. from spring drawing.
Static deflection of spring, ins.
Stress range lbs/in²

B.II.
FB.2885/6
0.290
50
3.125
4.00
97,400

25/30 HP.
F.58610/2
0.270
56
4.75
6.40
110,080

25/30 HP.
F.57196
0.300
56
4.75
5.125
110,000

25/30 HP.
F.60979/80
0.281
56
4.75
5.65
108,300

Phantom III.
F.89570
F.89574
0.340
66
4.625 ø
7.00
93,900

ø Bump figure from arrangement drawings is 4.25" and rebound is controlled to 6.00", so that stress range is for a range of movement of 10.250" in this case. In other cases stress range is for the movement range of the sum of the bump and static deflection figures.

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