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).
The difficulty of fitting hydraulic shock dampers due to the presence of R-R wing stays.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 55\3\ Scan140 | |
| Date | 20th April 1926 | |
| To DA. {Bernard Day - Chassis Design} from Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} c. to BY. {R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} +235 Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} 1/LG20.4.26. HYDRAULIC SHOCK DAMPERS. X832 / X899Z With reference to the wire received from R. {Sir Henry Royce} as regards the difficulty of fitting hydraulic dampers to his car. We have since heard from his driver (Dodd) who explains that the difficulty is due to that car being fitted up with R-R wing stays. Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} | ||