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).
Instruction to fit a cast dash and column onto a bump chassis, along with a device to measure column deflection.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 119\2\ scan0304 | |
| Date | 13th March 1928 | |
| X.8772 To RHC.{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} from Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/RmL/LG13.3.28. Will you please fit the cast dash and column exactly as on the sports car on the bump chassis, and also at the same time fit the device just completed for measuring the column deflection. The bumper column should have a standard steering wheel fitted. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ||