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 drawings and production for a 'Myth' steering column.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 109\3\ scan0213 | |
| Date | 26th November 1941 | |
| To Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} c. to Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/FJH.{Fred J. Hardy - Chief Dev. Engineer} c. to Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/HH. c. to Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Wym.{G. Harold Whyman - Experimental Manager} 700 Ev{Ivan Evernden - coachwork}/JD.{J. Draper - Frames}6/KC.26.11.41. MYTH. Steering Column We attach to Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/HH's copy the originals of :- PL.959. 17,000 Dia. steering wheel with Mild steel hub. PL.960. Control Quadrant. PL.961. Serrated Insert-Control Quadrant. PL.962. Arm - Throttle control. PL.978. Pedestal for steering column head. The above drawings are details necessary to produce a steering column with a steering wheel having a cast iron centre as PL.851. The remainder of the details required, to produce the complete steering column and head were detailed from PL.687 and PL.444, under cover of memo Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/HH.5/SW.12.9.41. A print of PL.959, 17,000 Dia. steering wheel was sent to Messrs. Wilmot Breedon, under cover of memo Ev{Ivan Evernden - coachwork}/JD.{J. Draper - Frames}1/JH.16.11.41. The hub centre is made in mild steel, machined all over, and painted for the first two wheels. We suggest that Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/HH. should give the remainder of the PL. drawings detail numbers and arrange to have two sets off each produced as soon as possible. Ev{Ivan Evernden - coachwork}/JD{J. Draper - Frames} Originals to Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/HH. Prints to Ev{Ivan Evernden - coachwork}, Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/HH, Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/FJH{Fred J. Hardy - Chief Dev. Engineer}, & Ashby. | ||