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).
Faulty steering column for car GTL-80 and a temporary solution before its shipment to America.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 146\3\ scan0100 | |
| Date | 8th October 1936 | |
| To Sft.{Mr Swift} X1265 Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}28/KW.8.10.36. We had Paris on the 'phone to-day, pointing out that the new steering column which they have just received for GTL-80 in Paris - 'C' type - could not be delivered to the customer because the cam was slack in the middle and tight on the two locks. The car is to sail for America in a week's time, and in view of the impossibility of getting new parts to them from Derby in time, we agreed that they should remove the column from GRM-25 temporarily, and fit it to GTL-80. In the meantime we recommend that you despatch a new hour-glass cam to them to enable them to overcome their difficulties. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ||