Policy memo regarding the implementation of a 10-inch steering lever instead of a 9.5-inch lever, pending clearance checks.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 17\3\ Scan237 | |
| Date | 1st May 1928 | |
| [Handwritten]: X7430 [Handwritten]: X7430 (struck through) X7450 To BY. {R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} from Rm. {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} 3/LGl.5. 28. With reference to DA {Bernard Day - Chassis Design} 4/M28.4.28 - attached. If the 10" lever mentioned in this note gives a reasonable side steering tube and clearances, it will be policy to bring it in as soon as possible in spite of the fact that R. {Sir Henry Royce} signed the sheet for the 9.5" lever. Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ||
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).