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).
Listing six required improvements and checks relating to vehicle controls, steering and chassis.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 82\3\ scan0394 | |
| Date | 29th September 1936 | |
| To Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/FD.{Frank Dodd - Bodies} Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}11/KW.29.9.36. 5-B-IV. (1) Controls want improving on the column in particular. (2) Silencer fouling chassis. Must be improved. (3) What is the minimum shock damper load, can we try drilled valves. Load is not low enough. (4) Improved steering geometry. See Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/FJH.{Fred J. Hardy - Chief Dev. Engineer} Possibly a double pendulum lever. (5) Rev. counter out of action. (6) Try for steering shocks and tramp, without side steering tube springs. Please carry on with this work. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ||