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 trial results for a new 18-inch steering wheel on 'New Phantom' cars.
Identifier | ExFiles\Box 67\4\ scan0032 | |
Date | 25th March 1926 | |
X8430 CWB8/DN25.3.26. TO PN{Mr Northey} FROM CWB "New PhantomCodename for PHANTOM I" "B" Steering 18" diameter wheel. This wheel has been tried on several "B" steering "New PhantomCodename for PHANTOM I" cars, including our old Trials Landaulet, and it is agreed that there is no objection to the alteration, in fact, it was not known by the drivers that an alteration had been made until they were asked to report on it. CWB | ||