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).
The investigation of a steering wobble issue and the need for a suitable test vehicle.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 28\4\ Scan114 | |
| Date | 15th January 1914 | |
| ROLLS-ROYCE LIMITED, NIGHTINGALE ROAD, DERBY. Names and Indicating letter. Initial of person addressed. A Mr. ADAMS By Mr. BAILEY B Mr. BARRINGTON Bn{W.O. Bentley / Mr Barrington} Mr. BEREND Bt{Capt. J. S. Burt - Engineer} Mr. BURT... C Mr. CHAMBERLAIN Cn{Mr Chamberain} Mr. COWEN Cx{Major Len W. Cox - Advertising Manager} Mr. COX... D Mr. DeLOOZE Da{Bernard Day - Chassis Design} Mr. DAY... E Mr. ELLIOTT F Mr. FRIESE G Mr. GNAPP Hy{Tom Haldenby - Plant Engineer} Mr. HALDENBY Hm{Capt. W. Hallam - Head Repairs} Mr. HALLAM H Mr. HANBURY... J Mr. JOHNSON JS{Mr Johnson's Secretary} Mr. JOHNSON'S Secretary K Mr. KILNER Mac{Mr Macintosh} Mr. MACINTOSH M Mr. MOON Na{Mr Nadin} Mr. NADIN PN{Mr Northey} Mr. NORTHEY O Mr. OLDHAM Pa{Mr Paterson} Mr. PATERSON EP{G. Eric Platford - Chief Quality Engineer} Mr. PLATFORD Rn{Mr Robinson} Mr. ROBINSON... R Mr. ROYCE RS{Sir Henry Royce's Secretary} Mr. ROYCE'S Secretary JR{Mr James Royce} Mr. JAMES ROYCE Sn{Mr Sanderson} Mr. SANDERSON LHS{Lord Herbert Scott} LORD HERBERT SCOTT Sp{Mr Spinney} Mr. SPINNEY... V - VIENNA Wa{Mr Wallis} Mr. WALLIS Whr{Mr Wheeler} Mr. WHEELER... Wd{Mr Wood/Mr Whitehead} Mr. WHITEHEAD Wor{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} Mr. WORMALD Addressed to: Wor.{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} Re Steering Wobble I am anxious to investigate the wobble complained of by Mr Harkness but to do this I think it necessary to have a car which is not curable by carrying out the standing instructions. All our experimental cars can be cured. Can it not be arranged that the next car which the repair dept cannot cure be handed to me for a short time. With reference to the car which I tried with Mr Harkness. After trying this I made several recommendations and the car was taken away to carry out my suggestions, but I have not since heard whether they cured the defect or not. As I did not hear anything more of the car I concluded it was O.K. | ||