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).
New springs for the 'SS' steering column controls and a request for production corrections.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 17\3\ Scan386 | |
| Date | 18th June 1929 | |
| To BY/HEB.{H. Biraben} from Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/AJL. X7430 Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/AJL1/LG18.6.29. 'SS{S. Smith}' STEERING COLUMN CONTROLS. X7430 (crossed out) X7240 The new springs F.81046 supplied at our request to bring the steering column control operation in line with the Phantom as regards the effort required to operate the governor and ignition controls, are satisfactory. They should therefore go on production in preference to the springs F.80463. Part of our trouble was due to the fact that on our experimental cars there was too much movement of the levers against the spring pressure. Only just sufficient movement for the lever to disengage from the quadrant rack should be allowed, as on the Phantom. Will you please make sure that this is made correct on S.S. production. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/A.J.Lidsey. | ||