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).
Meeting minutes discussing steering gear, exhaust system failures, and threaded shackles.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 30\2\ Scan266 | |
| Date | 12th June 1933 | |
| Cont'd.{John DeLooze - Company Secretary} Minute No. -7- Hy{Tom Haldenby - Plant Engineer}1/R.12.6.33. 9. Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} raised the question of Steering Gear and said the Managing Director's new car will not have a Rolls-Royce steering gear, but will be fitted with a Marles-Weller steering instead. Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} expressed the opinion that Sg.{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} would not be satisfied with the R.R. steering, and that the Marles-Weller does improve the car. E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} and Da.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design} will look into the various types of steering gear with a view to making improvement in the R.R. E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} suggested that as we are now trying out the Marles-Weller we should also make tests with the Marles. This was agreed. 10. Failures of Exhaust Systems. Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} reported that the biggest service complaint is the breakage of exhaust pipes due to crystallization of the metal near the welds and corrosion. By.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} will look into this. 11. Threaded Shackles. Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} raised this and said he had information from Oy. to the effect that General Motors had generally adopted the threaded shackle. E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} will look into the possibility of our using same. Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} has a set which E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} will inspect. | ||