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} | ||