Talk:Henry Royce

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Rolls-Royce car badge colour

I had always thought the RR changed to black on the death of Sir Charles Rolls in 1910. Is it possible to check this?

The badge changed colour in 1930 which was 3 years before Sir Henry Royce died. It was changed purely for aesthetic reasons.Malcolma 08:51, 3 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

According to the owners' club it was in 1933, it was because most owners chose dark bodywork and it was approved by Sir Henry Royce. It is coincidental that he died later the same year. https://rroc.org.au/wiki/index.php?title=Rolls-Royce_FAQ:_Myths_and_Legends Khamba Tendal (talk) 18:44, 27 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Grandson

This paragraph was added on 17 Dec 2006 -

Royce's great grand son, Simon Royce, is a professional footballer who currently plays for Gillingham F.C.. Before becoming a professional footballer, Simon Royce enjoyed a distinguished academic career in engineering, receiving a First Class Honours degree from Imperial College, London. Simon Royce has also written a number of articles about his great grandfather's pioneering work on radial engines for aircraft and it is expected that this work will be published in early 2008.

I have removed it as I doubt its accuracy as biographies record Royce had no children. If I am wrong then it can be re-instated.

Malcolma (talk) 14:39, 17 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Quite correct. Simon Royce, academic and footballer is in fact a great grand nephew of Sir Frederick Henry Royce.Cess Poole (talk) 19:00, 17 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Quite incorrect in fact, as it's utter bollocks. There has recently been a spate of such ludicrous claims being added to Simon Royce's article by a range of new users who, in the interests of assuming good faith I'm going to assume are not all sockpuppets..... ChrisTheDude (talk) 00:03, 18 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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Shock absorbers

No disrespect to Sir Henry, but, although it's claimed in the article, no doubt correctly, that he sketched the workings of an adjustable shock absorber for the Derby Bentley on the last night of his life in early 1933, he did not invent this device and was simply trying to keep up with the competition. In autumn 1933, for the 1934 season, the Alvis Speed Twenty, with a performance better than the Derby Bentley's at half the price, was offered with Andre Telecontrol adjustable shock absorbers at the rear, a modification clearly tested and approved some time earlier. The Derby Bentley did not feature ride control until a year later, in late 1934 for 1935 cars. The '34 Alvis also featured a four-speed all-synchromesh gearbox, which the Bentley never had, and independent front suspension, which the Bentley only acquired in 1939. For 1935 the Alvis had four-wheel Andre Telecontrol, and in 1936, for the 1937 season, the bigger-engined Alvis Speed Twenty-Five replacement model had four-wheel Luvax adjustable shock-absorbers with a three-position dashboard switch ('soft, medium and hard' or 'comfort, automatic and sport', like a modern high-end car) which was simpler to use than the Andre graduated system. (T.R. Nicholson, 'The Alvis Speed Twenty & Twenty-Five, 3 1/2 and 4.3-Litre Models', Classic Car Profiles No. 11, Profile Publications, Leatherhead, Surrey, 1966, p5, p6, p9; George A. Oliver, 'The Bentley 3 1/2 and 4 1/4-Litre', Classic Car Profiles No.7, same publisher and date, p.5, p.9.) Khamba Tendal (talk) 18:17, 3 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]