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).
Requesting the fitment of a correct length pendulum lever for the Peregrine steering on model 5-B-IV.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 82\3\ scan0104 | |
| Date | 21th January 1935 | |
| X 45534 (3) To RHC.{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/FJH.{Fred J. Hardy - Chief Dev. Engineer}11/KW.21.1.35. Peregrine Steering on 5-B-IV. When the strengthened Rocker Shaft was fitted to the Peregrine Steering Gear on 5-B-IV recently, the pendulum lever was increased in length from 7.500 as was previously fitted, to 8.000 which is the standard Bentley length. This has made the steering impossibly high geared and heavy. Will you please make and fit as soon as possible a lever of the correct length for Peregrine steering on Bentley, i.e., 7.500. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/F.J.Hardy. | ||