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).
Orders, supply, and testing of steering wheels for 'T' and 'U' series vehicles.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 154\3\ scan0147 | |
| Date | 25th March 1924 | |
| +4557 BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} from ROY.{Sir Henry Royce} c. to Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} STEERING WHEELS ROY{Sir Henry Royce}19/MG25.3.24. We have now placed orders for above and Castings are in existence chiefly ex. our own Foundry for such Wheels up to the end of "T" Series. We shall be in the Market shortly for additional supplies for the 75 "U" Series. Will you kindly advise if your tests with the "Dover" Steering Wheel have now proceeded sufficiently far to justify our using same on the "U" Series. ROY.{Sir Henry Royce} ENCLOSURE. copy of ROY{Sir Henry Royce}1/MG13.11.23 to BY and Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} re Steering Wheels. ENCLOSURE Nº 136 "JUSTSO" | ||