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).
The steering geometry, including backward pivot lean, for the first 300 rationalised cars.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 100\2\ scan0095 | |
| Date | 16th March 1939 | |
| 450 By.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} from Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} c. Da.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design} c. Da{Bernard Day - Chassis Design}/Ev.{Ivan Evernden - coachwork} Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}4/R.16.3.39. In order to enable the first 300 cars to be manufactured, we should like to specify the sttering. We recommend that the backward pivot lean should be ¾° and that the steering should have the improved geometry. We do not suggest that this is necessarily the final compromise for the rationalised cars, but we must stabilise for the time being at this point to enable some-thing to be fabricated. Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ||