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).
The replacement of turret-style controls with Phantom III type levers on the 25/30 HP chassis.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 106\3\ scan0380 | |
| Date | 15th June 1936 | |
| F.J. HARDY- X550 HS{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} To E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} from Sg.{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} Copy to Wer.Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} Da.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design} Hx/Wst. BY/RD. E/EV.{Ivan Evernden - coachwork} E/JNR.{Charles L. Jenner} Sxr re 25/30 HP Chassis. Sg{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD}7/E15.6.36 Referring to E.1/HP.30.5.36 and Sg{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD}6/E4.6.36, there is another point which we should like to bring in at the same time and that is the P.III type control levers on top of the steering column instead of the present turret arrangement. One feels that the latter is out of date. I was on our 25/30 Trials car this week-end with the larger diameter thin-rimmed three-spoke steering wheel and I certainly felt that it was time the turret disappeared. Would you please, therefore, look into the matter at once and let me know if you can bring in the P.III type levers at the same stage as the P.III type switch-board and instrument layout. Sg.{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} | ||