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 replacement of 7.B.V. steering ball bearing pivot pins with needle bearing pivot pins.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 97\5\ scan0313 | |
| Date | 7th September 1938 | |
| HODa γ c. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/FD.{Frank Dodd - Bodies} To HPS.{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} from Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/FJH.{Fred J. Hardy - Chief Dev. Engineer} c. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/IMW.{Ivan M. Waller - Head of Chateauroux} Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/FJH.{Fred J. Hardy - Chief Dev. Engineer}4/MH.{M. Huckerby}7.9.38. 7.B.V. STEERING. Will you please fit to the above car, while it is in the shop, needle bearing pivot pins and pivots to suit in place of the ball bearing pins now fitted. It is important that the ball bearing pins and one set of the old type yokes and pivots should be kept as these are valuable for experimental purposes. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/FJH.{Fred J. Hardy - Chief Dev. Engineer} | ||