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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).
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}
  
  


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