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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).
Investigation into fitting a rubber-mounted steering box and a list of required parts.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 111\3\  scan0128
Date  29th August 1939
  
800b

To Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/FJH.{Fred J. Hardy - Chief Dev. Engineer} from HPS{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr}/WSC.{W. S. Cassel}
c. Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}
c. By/LHB.

HPS{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr}/WSC.{W. S. Cassel}1/BA.29.8.39.

Steering 3.B.50.

We are requested to fit to this car a Steering Column to LOP.FB.3799, but incorporating Rubber Mounted Steering Box, and a special Wheel supplied by Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/FJH.{Fred J. Hardy - Chief Dev. Engineer}

Fitting this rubber mounted Steering Box is causing trouble with the controls at this end of the Column, will you please look into this and let us have a list of the parts required to suit this column.

HPS{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr}/WSC.{W. S. Cassel}
  
  


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