The drawings and production for a 'Myth' steering column.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 109\3\ scan0213 | |
| Date | 26th November 1941 | |
| To Rm. {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} c. to Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /FJH. {Fred J. Hardy - Chief Dev. Engineer} c. to Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /HH. c. to Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /Wym. {G. Harold Whyman - Experimental Manager} 700 Ev {Ivan Evernden - coachwork} /JD. {J. Draper - Frames} 6/KC.26.11.41. MYTH. Steering Column We attach to Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /HH's copy the originals of :- PL.959. 17,000 Dia. steering wheel with Mild steel hub. PL.960. Control Quadrant. PL.961. Serrated Insert-Control Quadrant. PL.962. Arm - Throttle control. PL.978. Pedestal for steering column head. The above drawings are details necessary to produce a steering column with a steering wheel having a cast iron centre as PL.851. The remainder of the details required, to produce the complete steering column and head were detailed from PL.687 and PL.444, under cover of memo Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /HH.5/SW.12.9.41. A print of PL.959, 17,000 Dia. steering wheel was sent to Messrs. Wilmot Breedon, under cover of memo Ev {Ivan Evernden - coachwork} /JD. {J. Draper - Frames} 1/JH.16.11.41. The hub centre is made in mild steel, machined all over, and painted for the first two wheels. We suggest that Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /HH. should give the remainder of the PL. drawings detail numbers and arrange to have two sets off each produced as soon as possible. Ev {Ivan Evernden - coachwork} /JD {J. Draper - Frames} Originals to Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /HH. Prints to Ev {Ivan Evernden - coachwork} , Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /HH, Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /FJH {Fred J. Hardy - Chief Dev. Engineer} , & Ashby. | ||
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