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).
Testing a car fitted with a front axle torque tube to address high-speed wobbles.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 67\2\ scan0170 | |
| Date | 1st September 1925 | |
| To Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} from DA.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design} +S420 DA{Bernard Day - Chassis Design}8/M23.9.25. HIGH SPEED WOBBLES. X.457 X.8420 It is understood that you will again run the car fitted with a torque tube to the front axle, so arranged as to make the pivots vertical, with a view to testing whether the danger of the steering taking charge on corners, or with heavy braking, is reduced by the use of a torque tube. DA.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design} | ||