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).
Telegram received about the helix angle on Cadillac steering.
Identifier | ExFiles\Box 125\1\ scan0126 | |
Date | 22th November 1934 | |
X1729 To E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} c. to Wor.{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} c. to Da.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design} c. to By.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rn.{Mr Robinson}4/KW.22.11.34. We have just received the following cable from Olley in response to our telegram asking him for details of the Helix angle on the Cadillac steering :- "HELIX ANGLE SIX DEGREES 35 MINUTES AT CENTER". We think this is interesting in that the Cadillac steering is definitely more immune from road shocks than the La{L. A. Archer} Salle steering at present fitted to the SpectreCodename for Phantom III. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rn.{Mr Robinson} | ||