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).
The arrangement to fit a new damping scheme to a 20-HP car, GPK-44, to cure steering wobble, with work delayed by a strike.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 47\5\ Scan048 | |
| Date | 11th May 1926 | |
| BY. {R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} Wor {Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} c. Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} X418 EP {G. Eric Platford - Chief Quality Engineer} 8/H11.5.26. re. 20-HP. Steering. GPK-44. Heath's Trials. Please note, it was agreed just before the Strike that the new Damping Scheme should be fitted to this car to cure low speed steering wobbles. Attached herewith to BY's copy of this memo is BJ's authority for this. Can the parts be prepared please and can we be advised when they are ready, so that we can arrange with Messrs. Heath's for same to be fitted. In the meantime, Heath's have collected their car, and they are using it on the understanding that we shall deal with the steering wobble job as soon as ever possible after the Strike is finished. EP. {G. Eric Platford - Chief Quality Engineer} | ||