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).
Potential design changes and issues with a rubber ring and steering column dampers.
| Identifier | Morton\M2.7\ img011 | |
| Date | 22th April 1926 guessed | |
| it ought to be on the car. We suggest that if a sketch of the rubber ring and enclosing case were sent him at once we should get a lot of design. Rg.{Mr Rowledge} suggested it might go into production with an oil resisting rubber ring (such as aero engine water joint rings are made of). It requires something to limit the end movement, or however, in case the rubber collapses. R appears to be worrying about the cost of running the car 10,000 miles with the present number of new parts. He does not seem to think that the steering column support or the shock dampers are sufficiently bad [crossed out]. The units that will eventually go into production to be worth running. However we do not yet quite know what we want. We want to get away today if we can, it has been planned with Nami since our arrival. | ||