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).
Fitment of a Marles Weller steering gear and requesting clarification on compatibility.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 86\4\ scan0053 | |
| Date | 3rd May 1933 | |
| RHC.{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} From Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rn.{Mr Robinson} X228. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rn.{Mr Robinson}3/KT.3.5.33. You will remember that on Sg{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD}'s car we fitted a Marles Weller steering gear. We want to have one of these gears available for the Bentley as we are bound to get criticisms of road shocks. We should like to treat the gear in exactly the same way as we did on Sg{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD}'s car, - i.e. put our own column and central tube on their box. We hand you herewith their drawing GA.2450. Will you please let us know :- (1) If it is O.K. for our controls. (2) If it will foul anything where the Bentley steering is fitted. (3) The length required from the column centre line to the face of the bearing marked 'B' on the print. If there is any other particular of the steering which you would like modifying in order to facilitate fitting, will you please say. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rn.{Mr Robinson} | ||