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).
Modifications to the steering box pendulum lever and a directive to alter all cars on the road.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 2\B002_X168\ 00000001-page054 | |
| Date | 1st July 1924 | |
| C.E. 3036. 1000/7/24. McC.&Co.Ltd. Gp.14. -2- (7). Alter the section of the pendulum lever on the steering box to make it more suitable for torsion and lessen the maximum stress on the edges. F.H.R. (7). Mr. Spinney is giving this attention. Mr. Johnson's annotation re paragraph "6":- "We must alter all cars on the road if there is any possibility of accident. Let me know that this is understood, and will be carried out." | ||