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).
Instruction to produce and experimentally fit a new 600 lbs/inch spring for the side steering tube on a 20-HP chassis.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 56\4\ Scan034 | |
| Date | 18th December 1926 | |
| X5450 C. Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Rm. {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} BY {R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} /HEB {H. Biraben} 4/M.18.12.26. RECEIVED DEC 18 1926 20-HP. CHASSIS. SIDE STEERING TUBES - SECTION 7070. Please receive herewith two Blue Prints of the following:- F.54759 Spring for Side Steering Tube. 2 off per chassis. Kindly instruct for the above to be produced and fitted Experimentally, noting that it is a 600 lbs/inch Rated Spring for use as an alterantive to the 900 lbs/inch Spring F.54754 for Side Steering Tube Rear Joint to "N" Scheme 2308, as requested in Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} 2/LG17.12.26. The new Spring F.54759 occupies the same space as F.54754 and therefore no additional parts will be required. MADE AT CROXLEY BY {R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} /HEB. {H. Biraben} | ||