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).
Extract from a memo regarding a steering tube replacement due to a stripped thread caused by a loose lock nut and neglect.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 20\2\ Scan007 | |
| Date | 2nd November 1911 | |
| x.653 Extract from memo' Al/AH/lllll re Mrs. Nicholls' car for enclos- - ure to Mr. Nadin. Nov. 2nd.1911. X 653 This car has been in here to have a new cross steering tube fitted owing to the thread having stripped off one end of the old one. The old tube has been examined by the works and they report that this is due to the lock nut having worked loose from the jaw. The steering covers were full of dirt instead of grease, and they think this indicates neglect. *.................. [STAMP: RECEIVED 14 NOV 1911] | ||