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).
Unsatisfactory results with a modified steering system on chassis 18-MC after changing springs.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 68\1\ scan0172 | |
| Date | 25th September 1926 | |
| [handwritten] X8450 [/handwritten] [strikethrough]"Whr{Mr Wheeler}" London[/strikethrough] [strikethrough]"Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}" Derby[/strikethrough] [handwritten] 8 40 [/handwritten] Ps8/JP.23/9/26 25. Sep. 1926 [underlined]RE CHASSIS 18-MC (Modified Steering)[/underlined] With reference to your memo Whr{Mr Wheeler}11/FP{F. Potts}/16926 , we have changed the steering on this car to .940 worm and nut and have fitted the 1500 lbs.springs. I am sorry to say the steering is still [strikethrough]unpleasant[/strikethrough] [handwritten]though unimproved.[/handwritten] I got quite satisfactory results with 1000 lbs.springs but these all broke with the new steering, and I have had to go back to the 1500 lbs.type. If I were a customer I should not be satisfied. Ps. | ||