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).
Request to produce a modified Cross and Side Steering Lever for a road test on a 40/50 chassis.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 67\2\ scan0304 | |
| Date | 5th May 1927 | |
| To. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} c.c. RHC.{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} [Strikethrough] c.c. BY/HBB. [Strikethrough] Handwritten: ts470 BY/TWD{T. W. D???Aeith}6/GK.5.5.27. 40/50 CHASSIS. FRONT AXLE AND BRAKES. SECTION 7040. "N" SCHEME 2293. LAYOUT OF AXLE CONTROL DAMPER. "N" SCHEME 2294. FRONT AXLE CONTROL AND DAMPER. Kindly note we have sent through an alteration to the Cross and Side Steering Lever G.75,485. under Alter - ation No. 11610/G.{Mr Griffiths - Chief Accountant / Mr Gnapp} Will you please have a Lever produced incorporating the modifications made under the above alteration Number, as Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} wishes to try out this Lever on the road. These alterations to the Cross and Side Steering Levers have been found necessary to ensure the end of the Front Side Steering Joint, produced to "N" Scheme 2258, clearing the Front Axle G.75,484. These changes are being put through at "F" Depts. Request. Kindly instruct one set. BY/TWD.{T. W. D???Aeith} | ||