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).
Technical review of a demonstration car's brakes, steering, gearbox, and suspension.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 24\1\ Scan010 | |
| Date | 12th June 1924 guessed | |
| contd:- -2- BRAKES. These brakes are not as nice to operate nor so efficient as those of the 20 HP. Sunbeam, though they are controlled by foot pressure in the same way. It requires quite an effort to skid the wheels even on a slightly greasy surface; even so, they are much to be preferred to rear brakes only. With the steering as it was, one felt that control was sacrificed in a measure by applying the brakes on a corner. STEERING. The steering on this demonstration car was not nice. It was not particularly light and yet transmitted every small road shock to the driver. There were no steering wobbles, however. I understand that owing to demonstrating the suspension over bad roads the steering had been damaged, hence the unpleasant road shocks on the wheel. GEARBOX. Very good on indirect gears - quiet forward and on overrun due to ground tooth faces. SUSPENSION. This is one of the best features of the car. We negotiated a singularly bad road near Roehampton Lane at 35 m.p.h. without real personal discomfort. ------------------------- | ||