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).
Design of steering and pedal configurations for different chassis, focusing on component commonality and market requirements for Japan and Europe.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 106\3\ scan0253 | |
| Date | 7th February 1931 | |
| SG.{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} FROM DA{Bernard Day - Chassis Design}/EV.{Ivan Evernden - coachwork} SECRET. DA{Bernard Day - Chassis Design}/EV{Ivan Evernden - coachwork}1/M7.2.31. XS430 C. to - HS.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} JAPAN 3. STEERINGS. We are designing the dash, steering and pedals, for the above car, which are to be so designed that the greatest possible number of pieces are common to both L. and R.H. chassis. On the R.H. chassis we are reproducing the two driving positions which we now have, namely, C. and E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer}, and are also including the recently created F.{Mr Friese} COLUMN. PEDALS. LEVERS. DASH. 'C' 'C' TYPE ) 'C' TYPE ) 'E' 'E' TYPE ) SAME 'E' TYPE ) SAME 'F' 'E' TYPE ) FOR ALL. 'E' TYPE ) FOR ALL. Do we need to reproduce all of these seating positions for the L.H. chassis? On the L.H. P. 2. we have only 'E' (and possibly 'F') as requested by RRAI. From the RRAI. point of view I do not see any chance of them liking our 'C' and even if they do build 6 seater bodies with facing forward extra seats they will use the 'E' column, and put the driver's seat 1" nearer the steering wheel, so that almost the same room in the rear is obtained as with the 'C' column. For Europe again it would appear that we may only need 'E' and 'F' as their tastes are very like the American. There is little difficulty in producing all three steerings for both hands due to the universal dashboard, but after our experience with P. 2. L.H. there does not seem a possibility that there may be no demand for a L.H. Japan 3. with 'C' column. DA{Bernard Day - Chassis Design}/EV.{Ivan Evernden - coachwork} | ||