Investigation into fitting a rubber-mounted steering box and a list of required parts.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 111\3\ scan0128 | |
| Date | 29th August 1939 | |
| 800b To Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /FJH. {Fred J. Hardy - Chief Dev. Engineer} from HPS {Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} /WSC. {W. S. Cassel} c. Rm. {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} c. By {R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} /LHB. HPS {Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} /WSC. {W. S. Cassel} 1/BA.29.8.39. Steering 3.B.50. We are requested to fit to this car a Steering Column to LOP.FB.3799, but incorporating Rubber Mounted Steering Box, and a special Wheel supplied by Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /FJH. {Fred J. Hardy - Chief Dev. Engineer} Fitting this rubber mounted Steering Box is causing trouble with the controls at this end of the Column, will you please look into this and let us have a list of the parts required to suit this column. HPS {Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} /WSC. {W. S. Cassel} | ||
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).