Extract detailing an issue with a flexible steering support on the Goshawk I car, causing side member twist.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 75\3\ scan0298 | |
| Date | 7th February 1921 | |
| To R. {Sir Henry Royce} from Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} X3532 (handwritten, crossed out) 4260 (handwritten) Extract from Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} 1/LG7.2.21. X. 3481. GOSHAWK(Aero Engine)(Codename for 20HP Car / Aero Engine after Kestrel(Aero Engine)) 1 CAR. X. 3540. X. 3522. The supprot for the steering on this car is rather flexible. If the steering wheel is held tightly and the front wheels are worked about, one can notice the side member twist at the point where the bracket for carrying the steering is fixed. | ||
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).