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).
Instruction to demonstrate the purpose of the large stay from the steering box to the dash by removing it for a day.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 53\4\ Scan171 | |
| Date | 9th March 1928 | |
| To : Mr. Butler C/O PN.{Mr Northey} Paris Depot. X4613 X8940L (crossed out) Y4613 Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rn{Mr Robinson}4/LG9.3.28. We should like you to demonstrate to PN.{Mr Northey} that the large stay from the steering box to the dash is only necessary to keep the body from collapsing, i.e., when it is removed the column does not move very much as long as semi-isolation is now employed; the stay is only used to make certain that the column does not smash the scuttle armature. For this purpose it would be desirable if you removed the stay for one days run, explaining to PN.{Mr Northey} your reason for so doing. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rn.{Mr Robinson} | ||