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).
Experimental self-centering spring and a friction device for the Phantom steering column.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 17\3\ Scan156 | |
| Date | 26th May 1927 | |
| To BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} from DA.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design} c. to BJ. Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} X7430 DAL/M26.5.27. PHANTOM STEERING - SELF CENTREING SPRING. X. 7430 X. 8430 Herewith we send N.sch.2418 shewing an arrgt. for experimental purposes of a spring e in the steering column to assist the self centering. We have made use of the larger tube recently instructed. It is our intention to provide a friction device for the Phantom and we suggest that Derby should do this by scaling up the arrangement recently sent you for India. Of the alternative methods of anchoring the spring we wish to use the one having the spring hooked over at each end. DA.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design} | ||