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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).
Continued discussion on car suspension, mentioning the Lancia, Phantom, and the benefits of a short engine.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 106\1\  scan0115
Date  14th December 1927 guessed
  
contd :- -2-

is on the Lancia transferred to the sprung weight in the optimum position for increasing K2.

4 Independent rear wheel suspension has the same advantages.

Reducing the wheelbase of the Phantom by off-setting the front axle to the rear of the front springs, appears to us to be a possible experiment of value.

A short engine does seem to be an asset in getting a well sprung car.

Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}
  
  


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