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).
Instructions to fit a pair of standard dampers and change the rear springs for car 7.B.V.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 100\1\ scan0121 | |
| Date | 8th April 1938 | |
| 446 - To HPS.{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} from Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Les.{Ivan A. Leslie} c. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/FD.{Frank Dodd - Bodies} Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Les.6/AP.8.4.38 7.B.V. Will you please fit a pair of standard R.R. dampers to the rear of the above car. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Clapham has a template of the type of bracket required. It will be necessary to bend and weld up a pair of damper levers in the same way that those were welded up for the Citreon Bentley. Will you also change the rear springs for a pair of 1000 lbs. springs to Firth No.250. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Les.{Ivan A. Leslie} | ||