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).
The construction of a steering column to bump test new 25.HP steering rollers.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 106\3\ scan0424 | |
| Date | 18th November 1936 | |
| 550 To HPS.{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} from Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/FJH.{Fred J. Hardy - Chief Dev. Engineer} Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/FJH.{Fred J. Hardy - Chief Dev. Engineer}13/AP.18.11.36. 25.HP. STEERING. We shall shortly be receiving for Production use 25.HP. steering rollers made entirely by Ransome & Marles and we wish to bump test the first of these as soon as possible. Will you please build up a column for this purpose. The steering gear at present on the rack in the Shop and which was removed from the first Phantom III. humper chassis will be suitable with a few new pieces. We have handed to you a cam and mounting bracket. We think that you will probably already have a rockershaft and cam tube. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/FJH.{Fred J. Hardy - Chief Dev. Engineer} | ||