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Heavy steering on the Wraith due to bigger tyres and the prospect of a lower steering ratio.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 158\1\  scan0197
Date  15th August 1938
  
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Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /FJH. {Fred J. Hardy - Chief Dev. Engineer} from Rm. {William Robotham - Chief Engineer}

Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} 5/R.15.8.38.

The bigger tyres on the Wraith which we may have to use owing to complaints about life make the steering unpleasantly heavy for parking. What are the prospects of getting a slightly lower ratio to compensate for this ?

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).


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