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).
Proposed scheme for a plain thrust steering column to make it less reversible.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 20\2\ Scan091 | |
| Date | 2nd August 1920 | |
| To Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} } from R.{Sir Henry Royce} To Da.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design} } Copy to CJ. " " EFC. X 963 R5/G2.8.20. X.3791a. RE STEERING. X.963. X.3465. Many times I have pressed hard for a scheme of plain thrust in the steering column with journal ball bearings support, temporary or a thoroughly good job, either is desirable, but it must be quickly done. This is not to add friction to the steering, but to render it less reversible. R.{Sir Henry Royce} | ||