Armstrong Siddeley Motors: Minutes of a meeting held Thursday/Friday 15/16 December...

Present: Mr RJ Ashley, Mr WA Henley, Mr FW Allard, Mr NE Bassett, Mr L Hurdley, Mr S Gadsby, Mr D MacDougall. 1 Chassis: (a) Left-hand drive automatic. (b) Revised rear springing. (c) Bump stop rubber. (d) Anti-roll bar. E Disc brakes: F Improved silencer. G Improved air silencer. H Improved accelerator linkage. J New style handbrake. K Adjustable ride control shock absorbers. L Petrol injection. M Powered steering. N Independent rear suspension. P Piston assemblies. Chassis complaints: 1 Rear axle noise. 2 Automatic gearbox jerky in operation. 3 New accelerator linkage. 4 Speedometer cables. 2 Body: A Windthrash. B Hydraulic operation for seat and window movement. C Dust proofing and water exclusion. D Shutting the boot door. E New style headlights. F Re-styled steering wheel. G Sound proofing against engine/exhaust noise. H Improved seating to give lighter weight and more comfort. I Replacing existing fog lights by horns and grills fitting the latest Lucas fog light to the front apron. J Complete air conditioning and rear demisters. K (i) Re-hanging front doors. (ii) New door locks. (iii) Alloy body panels. L ALteration to rear lights. M Heating controls. BODY COMPLAINTS: 1 Seats. 2 Rattling of the sun visor. 3 Tools box. 4 Spare wheel. 5 Dust and waterproofing. 6 Tubeless tyres. 7 Toughened windscreen breakages. 8 Noisy water pumps. 9 Inaccessibility of the greaser on the upper linkarm pivot pin. 10 Paint spotting. 11 Bootlid. Page 8: Continuation of meetings held Thursday/Friday 15/16 December 1954 to deal with engine development now in progress. Engine. Page 9 Appendix A (two pages) Dunlop disc brakes. Page 11 Appendix B Report C.143 Sapphire rear anti-roll bar. Page 12: Appendix C Report C.142 Dust and waterproofing of Sapphire car