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).
List of required modifications for various vehicle components, continued from a previous page.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 99\2\ scan0059 | |
| Date | 9th October 1937 | |
| - 2 - Da{Bernard Day - Chassis Design}/Ev.{Ivan Evernden - coachwork}2/N.9.10.37. (9) Step Irons. (cont'd.{John DeLooze - Company Secretary} fixing to frame need modifications. (10) Side Wheel Carrier. Base attachment to the frame may need slight modification. (11) Hand brake. Hand brake lever centre lowered 1.500 with the face - rest of scheme unaltered. (12) Pedals. Unaltered as far as one can see. (13) Dash. Legs need lengthening 1.500 to suit frame. Dashbrackets modified to suit sloping top flange of frame. (14) Steering. Steering box casting needs socket for cap moving round to clear the frame and forging lengthening. (15) Prop. Shaft Bearing. Needs to be re-designed like the Oldsmobile 3.875 outside dia. (16) Front end of Rear Spring. Using the original springs as designed, a modified forging is needed for the spring fixing. (17) Brakes. Not investigated. (18) Side Change Speed Lever. Braket needs modifying to suit lower frame. The above are those changes which we have discovered, but there may be other minor ones yet unknown. EV{Ivan Evernden - coachwork} | ||