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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).
Diagram and description of the Center-Control Steering improvement for Knee-Action Wheels.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 173\1\  img120
Date  26th January 1934 guessed
  
OLD
CENTER OF STEERING ACTION
STEERING FORK
NEW
STEERING FORK CENTER
NEW STEERING
STEERING FORK
CENTER-CONTROL STEERING
Important improvement made possible by Knee-Action Wheels. In Oldsmobile, steering action is now exerted on both front wheels from a point exactly midway between them instead of from one side. Easier steering—steering wheel is completely free from shimmy or wabble.
  
  


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