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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).
Steering wobble tests carried out on a 5.EX Car.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 28\4\  Scan197
Date  28th October 1922
  
Mr. Hives. from GWH.{George W. Hancock - Head Chateauroux}
X407
28.10.22.
Steering Wobbles.
Tests carried out on 5.EX Car.

With tyres 33 X 5 - 60 lbs. pressure - front springs bolted down choc-a-bloc and travelling at 6 m.p.h. - Wobbles will develop but quickly die away, making it impossible to record any period. At 10 and 12 m.p.h. no wobbles [REDACTED] were developed.

GWH.{George W. Hancock - Head Chateauroux}
  
  


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