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).
Feedback from retailers about increasing the damping on cars, specifically the Phantom model.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 151\2\ scan0353 | |
| Date | 29th December 1937 | |
| 1292 To Rm. {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} from Sg. {Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} re Shock Absorbers and Damping. Sg {Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} 8/E29.12.37 When we had lunch recently with the Retailers, at which Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} was present, one or two of them expressed the view that our cars - the Phantom in particular - could do with increased damping. What they said was that one could run about quite easily in town on a P.III with the control lever on the steering wheel in the maximum position and that the result was quite comfortable. Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} said we would look into it and I should be glad if you would consider the matter so that, next time I am up at Derby, you can tell us whether it would be difficult to increase the damping either as standard or whxtxe in the case of those people who would like to have it. Sg. {Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} | ||