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).
Side steering tube knock, confirming a successful fix on one car and reporting parts incompatibility on two other cars.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 68\1\ scan0215 | |
| Date | 26th October 1927 | |
| Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} X8450 S/W. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} EP.{G. Eric Platford - Chief Quality Engineer} Copy to:- Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} RECEIVED CWB2/GM/26.10.27. 20 H.P. SIDE STEERING TUBE KNOCK. REF. YOUR EP{G. Eric Platford - Chief Quality Engineer}/Thnl/H18.10.27. We have now fitted the device to GAJ-53 and find it completely effective for the purpose. As regards GHJ-81 and GAJ-7, the other two cars for which the device was required, it is found that the pieces sent do not fit these cars and I understand N. are in communication with W. on the matter. CWB CWB. | ||