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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 detailing an issue with a flexible steering support on the Goshawk I car, causing side member twist.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 75\3\  scan0298
Date  7th February 1921
  
To R.{Sir Henry Royce} from Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}

X3532 (handwritten, crossed out)
4260 (handwritten)

Extract from Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}1/LG7.2.21.

X. 3481. GOSHAWK 1 CAR.

X. 3540.
X. 3522.

The supprot for the steering on this car is rather flexible. If the steering wheel is held tightly and the front wheels are worked about, one can notice the side member twist at the point where the bracket for carrying the steering is fixed.
  
  


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