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).
Dangerous steering trouble and oscillations in a Phantom Trials Car on bad roads.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 67\4\ scan0070 | |
| Date | 3rd May 1926 guessed | |
| B J W OR P N C W B X8430 Steering trouble 125, AVENUE MALAKOFF PARIS XVIe TÉLÉPHONE: PASSY 33-79 39-01 39-10 The car in question is the Paris Phantom Trials Car. The chief trouble complained of is the bad shocks on the steering wheel when travelling over bad roads. The bad kick back, or even oscillations of the steering makes it dangerous to an owner driver who is not prepared for it, when coming off a stretch of good road at high speed on to a bad surface. He finds himself unable to hold the wheel and serious accidents are averted only by quickly slowing down. We fully realise this as 98MK was similar. I have tried the car complained of over a bad road and found that complaint is exactly what we are aware of with this type of steering. The new side steering tube spring have not arrived, so shall return her after completing its 10000 miles with 109 III and carry on with the investigation. | ||