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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).
Request to test sample Tufnol steering mechanism bearings on a chassis for 10,000 miles and report on their behaviour.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 153\1\  scan0193
Date  1st February 1939
  
1300
To. Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} From RHC{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer}/DWB.{D. W. Brown}
Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Gry.{Shadwell Grylls} [struck through]

RHC{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer}/DWB.{D. W. Brown}2/MC.1.2.39.

TUFNOL STEERING BEARINGS

Will you please arrange to have the various sample steering mechanism bearings fitted to a 10,000 mile chassis for test and let us have a report on their behaviour?

RHC{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer}/D.W.Brown.
  
  


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