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).
20 HP scuttle isolation, discussing a proposed change to the steering column support.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 53\4\ Scan152 | |
| Date | 1st August 1926 | |
| 44613 To DA{Bernard Day - Chassis Design}/EV{Ivan Evernden - coachwork}; from Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} c. to LHS.{Lord Herbert Scott} c. to BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} c. to SG.{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}4/LC30;8.26. 20 HP! SCUTTLE ISOLATION. It should be realised that if we do away with the bracket from the dashboard to the instrument board which also supports the steering column on the 20 HP, and substitute the latest steering column support off the dashboard, the steering column will be much less rigidly fixed than at present, and considering the number of complaints we have received of the Phantom because of the steering not being rigidly supported, we should expect to receive a number of complaints of the 20 HP. Before we issue a standardisation sheet for this new stay on 20 HP! steerings, we would like Sales to have it fitted to one of their cars and doing away with the instrument board bracket. If Sales will let us know when they have a 20 HP! with raked steering available, we would send a man with the pieces to fit it up. Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} | ||